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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 is the "golbagh" (118)?
(a) A palace.
(b) A train station.
(c) A market.
(d) A garden.

2. What are the "ghats by the waterside" (76)?
(a) Huts.
(b) Boats.
(c) Fires.
(d) Steps.

3. What is the profession of the man that Ram Charan's sister is marrying?
(a) Leather worker.
(b) Washerman.
(c) Water carrier.
(d) Soldier.

4. What is a "sepoy" (5)?
(a) A temple priest.
(b) An Indian soldier.
(c) A town official.
(d) A rag-seller.

5. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?
(a) They do not even know what the word means.
(b) They are the ones who first encouraged his interest.
(c) They are not trying to be cruel.
(d) They share this interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color clothing does Bakha notice in profusion when he is looking toward the golbagh?

2. What is "Waris Shah's Hir and Ranjah," which Bakha longs to read?

3. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?

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

5. What does Colonel Hutchinson tell Bakha is "the god of the idolaters" (114)?

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