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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 share with Bakha?
(a) Food.
(b) Tea.
(c) His cigarettes.
(d) His hookah.

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?
(a) Situational and dramatic irony.
(b) Foreshadowing and situational irony.
(c) Verbal irony and foreshadowing.
(d) Dramatic and verbal irony.

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

4. What does Bakha think Ram Charan's sister looked like as a child?
(a) A goat.
(b) A wild dog.
(c) A monkey.
(d) An owl.

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

6. 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 prays.
(c) He plots revenge against the priest.
(d) He begins to weep.

7. Why does Rakha feel safe from Bakha's criticism?
(a) Rakha is stronger and bigger than Bakha.
(b) Rakha is the elder brother.
(c) He knows the Bakha is only teasing.
(d) Their father favors him.

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

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

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

11. What was the family's purpose in putting Bakha on the floor when he was so ill?
(a) They hoped the cooler air near the floor would help with his fever.
(b) They wanted him to be able to die close to the earth.
(c) They were performing a ritual intended to solicit divine intervention.
(d) They needed space in the bed for the younger children.

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

13. Why is Lakha so eager to talk to the town's families about when their daughters will get married?
(a) He wants to find Bakha a wife.
(b) He looks forward to the scraps from the wedding feast.
(c) He is hoping to get extra work during the wedding festivities.
(d) He is looking for a wife for himself.

14. What do all of the stories about the solar topee have in common?
(a) They create respect for the rule of law.
(b) They stress the authority of the sahibs.
(c) They highlight economic inequality in India.
(d) They point out corruption in the military.

15. What is Bakha asking for when he shouts up at the houses from the street?
(a) Coins.
(b) Bread.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the man that Ram Charan's sister is marrying?

2. What does Chota suggest Bakha distract himself from the woes of his morning with?

3. What makes Bakha think that the hockey stick is "the best stick that had been manufactured in the world" (95)?

4. When Rakha taunts Bakha and refuses to give up the broom, how does Bakha feel?

5. What is Chota's reaction to Bakha's new hockey stick?

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