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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals does the man that Bakha bumps in the street repeatedly compare Bakha to?
(a) A monkey and a dog.
(b) A dog and a pig.
(c) A pig and a goat.
(d) A goat and a monkey.

2. What aspect of Bakha's appearance surprises Charat Singh?
(a) His muscular form.
(b) His sensitive face.
(c) His cleanliness.
(d) His proud expression.

3. What causes Bakha to pause before entering the town?
(a) He is dreading going into the town.
(b) He sees his friends coming toward him.
(c) He is enjoying the sunshine.
(d) He hears his sister calling from their house.

4. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?
(a) Rakha.
(b) Bakha.
(c) Charat Singh.
(d) Lakha.

5. What finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?
(a) Thoughts of the importance of duty and hard work.
(b) His father's constant stream of verbal abuse.
(c) A man complaining about the dirty latrines.
(d) Concern about where his brother has gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bakha's uncle tell him when he first said that he wanted to be a "sahib" (30)?

2. What is so soothing to Bakha about the smaller street, familiar to him since childhood, that he turns into when he leaves the crowded bazaar?

3. What does the narrator say Charat Singh's offer "called forth" in Bakha (10)?

4. What is a "sepoy" (5)?

5. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work do Bakha and his family do?

2. Describe the job that Bakha does after he has cleaned all of the latrines twice.

3. Describe the dynamic between Bakha and his friends.

4. Describe Bakha's morning before he leaves his family's house.

5. When Bakha has the urge to run away from the man yelling at him in the street, why does he feel he cannot run?

6. Describe Bakha's initial reaction to the man who accuses him of bumping him on the street.

7. What rhetorical purpose is served by the long passage in which Pundit Kali Nath thinks about all of the foods he has recently eaten?

8. What is implied by the narrator's description of how Bakha seems somehow allied with the fire?

9. On his way into town, how does Bakha light his cigarette, and what does this incident demonstrate about how his caste status impacts his beliefs about himself?

10. Describe the conditions in which Bakha's family lives.

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