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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. Why does Rakha not come inside when their father has Sohini call him in?
(a) He has gone to see the preparations for Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(b) He has gone to fetch kindling for the waste-burning fire.
(c) He is off somewhere playing games with his friends.
(d) He is angry at Sohini and pretends not to hear her.

2. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?
(a) Scavenged lumber.
(b) Sheets of tin.
(c) Stone.
(d) Mud.

3. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?
(a) They are not trying to be cruel.
(b) They share this interest.
(c) They are the ones who first encouraged his interest.
(d) They do not even know what the word means.

4. What does Bakha do after he sits down in the alley where he has been unable to get any attention from the houses?
(a) He begins to weep.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He prays.
(d) He plots revenge against the priest.

5. What is the image in the model temple at the base of the banyan tree?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A snake.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A monkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?

2. What does the narrator say Charat Singh's offer "called forth" in Bakha (10)?

3. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?

4. What British brand of cigarettes do Bakha and his friends smoke?

5. What is Gulabo's job?

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