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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator agreed to take what action at Marwar Junction?
(a) To buy dinner.
(b) To buy a transfer ticket.
(c) To get off the train.
(d) To deliver a message.

2. What word did the narrator use to describe the men who stood in his way?
(a) Officials.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Caste members.
(d) Loafers.

3. How many men stood in the narrator's way when he moved to leave the newspaper office?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. What type of politics did the narrator and his new acquaintance discuss on the train?
(a) Loaferdom.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

5. Most of the newspaper was what, according to the narrator?
(a) In English.
(b) Lies.
(c) In Sanskrit.
(d) Blank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once the narrator was joined by another train passenger, the passenger was described using what adjective?

2. What was the coldest temperature the newspaper office ever reached, according to the narrator?

3. The narrator was on a train leaving from what location?

4. Where did the narrator go after he disembarked from the train?

5. The narrator states on the first page of the story that he feared that his "King" (3) had met what fate?

(see the answer key)

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