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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. Who are the few men who come to the latrines wearing long white tunics and loose trousers?
(a) Priests.
(b) Sepoys.
(c) Fakirs.
(d) Muslims.

2. What has Bakha successfully taught himself from the book he bought?
(a) How to read.
(b) How to write.
(c) Basic math.
(d) The alphabet.

3. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?
(a) There are not as many people out as is usual for the time of day.
(b) The number of British goods for sale has increased since he was last in the town.
(c) His sister has not cleaned the street as she was supposed to have done.
(d) Many of the shopkeepers are staring at him as if they have already heard gossip about him.

4. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?
(a) He found them in a rubbish bin.
(b) They were prizes he won for playing hockey.
(c) They were a gift from his uncle.
(d) He bought them with his tip money.

5. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Moved.
(c) Angry.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?

3. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?

4. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?

5. How many times does Bakha try to mount the temple steps before he has the courage to get all the way to the top step?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the incident with the crowd in the street draw to a close, finally?

2. What work do Bakha and his family do?

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

4. How does Bakha feel as he enters the temple courtyard, and why does he have these feelings?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What mixture of feelings does Bakha have about Sohini as they make their way home from the temple?

10. What is the "fashun" that Bakha and his friends adhere to, and why do they do it? (4)

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