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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charat Singh have that is "mounted with gold" (91)?
(a) Eyeglasses.
(b) False teeth.
(c) A hockey trophy.
(d) An ammunition belt.

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

3. What does Chota suggest Bakha distract himself from the woes of his morning with?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Planning revenge against the priest.
(c) Work.
(d) Wedding sweets.

4. 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 is strong but very flexible.
(c) It is marked with English stamps.
(d) It was given to him by his hero.

5. Why does the little boy refuse to come down into the alley to defecate?
(a) He wants his mother to bribe him with sweets.
(b) He does not want to be near an outcaste.
(c) He is shy about doing it in public.
(d) He thinks it is a rude way to treat Bakha.

6. How old is Ram Charan's sister?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

7. Why does Bakha think that his father will not object to his leaving if he says he is going to see Ram Charan's sister's wedding?
(a) He knows that his father is hoping that Bakha himself will marry soon.
(b) He knows that his father loves everything to do with weddings and celebrations.
(c) He knows that his father will be interested in getting some of the wedding sweets.
(d) He knows that his father is very impressed with Ram Charan's family.

8. Who throws the rock that strikes the babu's younger son?
(a) Ram Charan.
(b) The babu's elder son.
(c) Bakha.
(d) Chota.

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

10. Where do Chota and Ram Charan go before the hockey game?
(a) To look for the priest.
(b) Back to their homes.
(c) To finish their work.
(d) With Bakha to the barracks.

11. After he is thrown out of his house, what irony does Bakha see in his father's behavior?
(a) His father is really the lazy one, and yet Bakha is the one who has been turned out of the house.
(b) His father is cruel to him, yet this is also the same father who begged for medicine for him.
(c) His father has punished him by throwing him out, but Bakha does not want to be at home, anyway.
(d) All Bakha wanted to do was get the broom and go clean, as his father wanted him to do.

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

13. When Rakha taunts Bakha and refuses to give up the broom, how does Bakha feel?
(a) He is shocked at the wave of hatred he feels for his brother.
(b) He is filled with jealousy over his father's favoritism.
(c) He thinks Rakha is just being a child and still loves him.
(d) He worries that Rakha's personality will isolate him from others.

14. What does his trip to the kitchen cause Bakha to remember?
(a) The food his mother used to cook.
(b) The guests at Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(c) Being yelled at by a cook when he was small.
(d) His dream about the little girl.

15. Who are the "pale-white ghosts, ghouls and hobgoblins" mentioned on page 87?
(a) The sadhus.
(b) The sahibs.
(c) The sepoys.
(d) Kings and queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Gulabo accused Bakha of, in the past?

2. When Chota says that he does not want the babu's younger son to play in the game because he might get hurt, what devices are being employed?

3. What was the family's purpose in putting Bakha on the floor when he was so ill?

4. What does Bakha think Ram Charan's sister looked like as a child?

5. How does Bakha feel about Charat Singh, most of the time?

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