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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bakha feel about Charat Singh, most of the time?
(a) He admires Charat Singh and is grateful to him.
(b) He wishes that Charat Singh were his father.
(c) He is nervous about the man's temper.
(d) He is suspicious of Charat Singh's motives.

2. What caste does the cook assume Bakha is a member of?
(a) Grass-cutters.
(b) Sweepers.
(c) Washermen.
(d) Water-carriers.

3. Why does Bakha think there is a chance that Ram Charan will have skipped his sister's wedding?
(a) His family needs the money from his work.
(b) He and his sister are estranged.
(c) He skipped his father's funeral.
(d) He disapproves of the match.

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

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

6. What is implied by Bakha's feeling like a "giant" when he looks back at the outcastes' colony after fleeing his home?
(a) Bakha's misadventures are a source of danger to the outcastes living in the colony.
(b) There is something superior about Bakha's perspective, compared to that of the others 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.

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

8. What does Charat Singh share with Bakha?
(a) Tea.
(b) His cigarettes.
(c) His hookah.
(d) Food.

9. 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 will be interested in getting some of the wedding sweets.
(b) He knows that his father loves everything to do with weddings and celebrations.
(c) He knows that his father is very impressed with Ram Charan's family.
(d) He knows that his father is hoping that Bakha himself will marry soon.

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

11. 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 show it to his father so that his father will be proud of how well-liked Bakha is.
(c) He should treat it very carefully and ensure it is not damaged.
(d) He should practice with it before trying to use it in a game.

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

13. When Rakha taunts Bakha and refuses to give up the broom, how does Bakha feel?
(a) He worries that Rakha's personality will isolate him from others.
(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 is shocked at the wave of hatred he feels for his brother.

14. What does the narrator note is ironic about Charat Singh's exclamation "Oh, work, work, blow work!" (91)?
(a) He was angry at Bakha that morning for neglecting his work.
(b) He is well-known as a hard worker.
(c) He has just scolded the cook for this same attitude.
(d) Charat Singh's life does not really include much hard work.

15. Why does Bakha feel sympathy for the younger of the babu's sons?
(a) He knows that the babu favors his older son.
(b) He knows that the boy's older brother often neglects him.
(c) He knows that the little boy gets into trouble for spending time with Bakha.
(d) He knows how desperate the little boy is to play in the game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha stop to do on his way home from the hockey game?

2. Why has Bakha decided that asking one of the NCO's for the solar topee is impractical?

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

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

5. What is a "sadhu"?

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