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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sweet does Ram Charan bring from his sister's wedding to share with his friends?
(a) Sugar plums.
(b) Modaks.
(c) Laddus.
(d) Candied pumpkin.

2. What does Bakha stop to do on his way home from the hockey game?
(a) Beg for water at the well.
(b) Retrieve the sugar plums he hid for later.
(c) See more of Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(d) Hide his stick.

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

4. What advice does the second woman in the alley houses offer Bakha?
(a) He should remember to announce his presence.
(b) He should call later in the day if he expects food.
(c) He should be careful how he speaks to people.
(d) He should not sit on people's doorsteps.

5. What makes Bakha think that the hockey stick is "the best stick that had been manufactured in the world" (95)?
(a) It is colored in the colors of the Indian flag.
(b) It was given to him by his hero.
(c) It is marked with English stamps.
(d) It is strong but very flexible.

6. When Bakha returns home, what does it seem to him his father has been doing all day?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Gambling with friends.
(c) Grooming himself.
(d) Ruminating on his children's failings.

7. Why does Bakha think that it is unlikely he will be able to lie to his father about the morning's events?
(a) Rakha will have already hurried home to tell his father.
(b) Gossip spreads quickly in the outcastes' colony.
(c) The priest will have already sent a complaint to his father.
(d) His father will have already asked Sohini why she is home early.

8. What is unfair about the babu's wife's reaction to her son's injury?
(a) She assumes that Bakha is the one who hurt him.
(b) She assumes that Bakha hurt the child on purpose.
(c) She demands that Bakha be arrested for assault.
(d) She demands that Bakha be struck with a rock in return.

9. What does Bakha discover about the stick that Charat Singh gave the babu's younger son?
(a) It is clearly one that Charat Singh used in many games.
(b) It is a higher-quality stick.
(c) It is much too large for the boy to use.
(d) It is nearly identical to his own.

10. What is a "solar topee" (86)?
(a) A sash.
(b) A helmet.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A turban.

11. What does the word "Jernel" mean?
(a) Friend.
(b) Groom.
(c) General.
(d) Sweeper.

12. What does Bakha do after he sits down in the alley where he has been unable to get any attention from the houses?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He begins to weep.
(c) He plots revenge against the priest.
(d) He prays.

13. What does Rakha say he will kill Bakha for?
(a) Touching the broom.
(b) Refusing to clean the latrines.
(c) The way Bakha speaks to him.
(d) Failing to protect his sister.

14. What instruction does Charat Singh give Bakha about the hockey stick?
(a) He should hide it under his coat and not tell anyone about the gift.
(b) He should treat it very carefully and ensure it is not damaged.
(c) He should practice with it before trying to use it in a game.
(d) He should show it to his father so that his father will be proud of how well-liked Bakha is.

15. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?
(a) He loves Bakha more than it seems like he does.
(b) The upper castes can be good people who try to help the outcastes.
(c) The caste system can seem unfair, but eventually everyone gets what they deserve.
(d) He has done a lot for Bakha and deserves better treatment from his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Lakha use to address the doctor in his story?

2. How is Bakha feeling when he first arrives and surveys the happy wedding crowd?

3. Why does Bakha feel glad that his friends are walking well ahead of him when they are heading to the heath?

4. How much money was Gulabo given for her daughter's hand in marriage?

5. Why does Rakha feel safe from Bakha's criticism?

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