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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 110-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bakha imagine would happen if he told Gandhi about his morning?
(a) Gandhi would intervene with his father.
(b) Gandhi would scold the citizens of Bulashah.
(c) Gandhi would let him come live at his ashram.
(d) Gandhi would help him get a different job.

2. Whom does Bakha see working in the river on his way to Ram Charan's sister's wedding?
(a) Washermen.
(b) Water-carriers.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Boatmen.

3. What word does Colonel Hutchinson object to Bakha using to describe him?
(a) Sahib.
(b) Hakim.
(c) Padre.
(d) Havildar.

4. How does the narrator characterize Bakha's response to nature?
(a) It is spontaneous.
(b) It is artificial.
(c) It is exaggerated.
(d) It is superficial.

5. What did Bakha's uncle tell him when he first said that he wanted to be a "sahib" (30)?
(a) That he would have to go to school.
(b) That he would need to find another job.
(c) That it was impossible.
(d) That he would miss his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chota wake Bakha when Bakha falls asleep by the spring?

2. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?

3. Why does Bakha feel sympathy for the younger of the babu's sons?

4. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?

5. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?

(see the answer key)

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