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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 prays.
(b) He plots revenge against the priest.
(c) He begins to weep.
(d) He falls asleep.

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

3. What is implied by Bakha's feeling like a "giant" when he looks back at the outcastes' colony after fleeing his home?
(a) There is something superior about Bakha's perspective, compared to that of the others in the colony.
(b) Bakha's misadventures are a source of danger to the outcastes living in the colony.
(c) The moment has finally come when Bakha will stand up for himself against the other outcastes.
(d) Bakha's physical size is yet another thing that separates him from the other outcastes.

4. What has Gulabo accused Bakha of, in the past?
(a) Stealing pieces of clothing from their customers' washing.
(b) Defiling her home by coming too near it.
(c) Having an inappropriate interest in her daughter.
(d) Encouraging Ram Charan to neglect his duties.

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

6. What is a "sadhu"?
(a) An ascetic holy man.
(b) A street performer.
(c) A tax collector.
(d) A beggar.

7. How is Bakha feeling when he first arrives and surveys the happy wedding crowd?
(a) Tired and apathetic.
(b) Envious and angry.
(c) Afraid and self-conscious.
(d) Jovial and relaxed.

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

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

10. Why does Bakha feel glad that his friends are walking well ahead of him when they are heading to the heath?
(a) He wants to enjoy some solitude in nature.
(b) He is nervous about being accused of ritual pollution.
(c) He is tired of being teased about his clothing.
(d) He does not want them to notice his sadness about the wedding.

11. What emotion does Bakha struggle with as his father tells the story of the time he was so ill as a child?
(a) Rage.
(b) Self-pity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Scorn.

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

13. What does Bakha anticipate his father's reaction will be if he tells him about his day's problems?
(a) He will be angry and want revenge.
(b) He will blame Bakha.
(c) He will make Bakha apologize to the priest.
(d) He will not understand why Bakha is upset.

14. When Bakha gets home, where is he told that his brother has gone?
(a) To beg for food in the barracks.
(b) To clean the latrines.
(c) To play hockey.
(d) To Ram Charan's sister's wedding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charat Singh have that is "mounted with gold" (91)?

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

3. How does the narrator characterize Bakha's response to nature?

4. What is a "solar topee" (86)?

5. Whom does Bakha see working in the river on his way to Ram Charan's sister's wedding?

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