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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Pages 57-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term "Jemandar" mean (3)?
(a) Foreman, leader of a crew of workers.
(b) To argue a point just for the fun of argument.
(c) It is a term of respect for someone of a higher caste.
(d) A state of ritual impurity.

2. How does Chota wake Bakha when Bakha falls asleep by the spring?
(a) He throws water on him.
(b) He tickles his nose.
(c) He tosses pebbles at him.
(d) He places a sweet on Bakha's lips.

3. What is a tonga-wallah?
(a) A carriage driver.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A delivery person.
(d) A jockey.

4. What does the passage about the cheap nickel jewelry reveal about Bakha?
(a) He secretly admires the bright, cheerful manner in which many caste Hindus dress.
(b) His fascination with the English has ruined for him some of the things he loved as a child.
(c) His disinterest in Indian culture is a result of his outcaste status rather than his exposure to English culture.
(d) His poverty is the main thing that keeps him from dressing as he really wants to.

5. What point does Bakha take away from the story his father tells about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?
(a) His mother is really the only one who genuinely loved Bakha.
(b) The caste system is designed to get rid of as many outcastes as possible.
(c) His father should have done more to try to help him.
(d) The upper caste doctor was initially willing to just let Bakha die.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Bakha?

2. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?

3. What is the priest's real motivation in serving Sohini first?

4. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?

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?

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