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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. Why does Bakha decide it would be best not to let Ram Charan know about the hockey stick?
(a) Ram Charan might go to Charat Singh and ask for a similar hockey stick.
(b) Ram Charan might tell Lakha about how Bakha has spent the afternoon.
(c) Ram Charan might try to steal the stick for himself.
(d) Ram Charan might tease him about it and spoil the joy of the gift.

2. Who is Colonel Hutchinson?
(a) The head of the local Salvation Army.
(b) The commander of the cantonment.
(c) The babu whose son was injured at the hockey game.
(d) An officer from the British barracks Bakha used to clean.

3. What does Bakha discover about the stick that Charat Singh gave the babu's younger son?
(a) It is nearly identical to his own.
(b) It is clearly one that Charat Singh used in many games.
(c) It is much too large for the boy to use.
(d) It is a higher-quality stick.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bakha criticize his brother for when they are eating?

2. What word does Colonel Hutchinson object to Bakha using to describe him?

3. What event starts the fight between the two hockey teams?

4. What is the "pleasantest surprise" Bakha receives when he nears Ram Charan's home (77)?

5. Why does Ram Charan remove his solar hat as the three friends walk back from the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do all of the sepoys and local children long to own the solar topee?

2. What does Bakha tell himself about his decision to go to Ram Charan's sister's wedding, and what are his true motives?

3. How does the younger of the babu's sons end up getting injured?

4. What excuse does Bakha give for not bringing more food home, and how does his father's reply make him feel?

5. Even before Charat Singh gives Bakha the hockey stick, what does he do that causes Bakha to feel very honored?

6. What surprises Bakha about the hockey stick Charat Singh gives him, and how does he react?

7. Although Bakha is honored by Charat Singh's actions, in what sense are they also condescending and dismissive of Bakha's humanity?

8. What is the function of the passage of description of Bakha's family's outdoor kitchen?

9. What characteristics of Rakha does the narrator stress in the description of him coming home from the barracks with food?

10. Describe Bakha's memory of seeing Ram Charan's sister on her way home from the brook one morning before dawn.

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