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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 is unfair about the babu's wife's reaction to her son's injury?
(a) She demands that Bakha be struck with a rock in return.
(b) She assumes that Bakha hurt the child on purpose.
(c) She demands that Bakha be arrested for assault.
(d) She assumes that Bakha is the one who hurt him.

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

3. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?
(a) He loves Bakha more than it seems like he does.
(b) The upper castes can be good people who try to help the outcastes.
(c) He has done a lot for Bakha and deserves better treatment from his son.
(d) The caste system can seem unfair, but eventually everyone gets what they deserve.

4. What does Bakha criticize his brother for when they are eating?
(a) Being greedy with the food.
(b) Chewing with his mouth open.
(c) Eating with dirty hands.
(d) Dropping food on the floor.

5. What does the text refer to as the "noblest part of the body" (88)?
(a) The head.
(b) The heart.
(c) The hands.
(d) The eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Lakha use to address the doctor in his story?

2. What instruction does Charat Singh give Bakha about the hockey stick?

3. 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?

4. What does Bakha's family's diet seem to mostly consist of?

5. Whom does Bakha see working in the river on his way to Ram Charan's sister's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Bakha is on his way to see Charat Singh about the hockey stick, what strange feeling does he have about the errand?

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

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

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

5. Describe some of the common elements in Bakha's dreams when he falls asleep in the alley.

6. How does the first woman in the alley houses treat Bakha and the sadhu very differently?

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

8. What stories about Charat Singh's hockey career does Bakha think about while he is waiting for Charat Singh to appear?

9. How does Chota react differently to Bakha's stories about the priest and the woman at the alley house?

10. When Bakha is lying under a tree outside the barracks, what does he decide about taking so much time away from work?

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