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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 110-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Colonel Hutchinson object to Bakha using to describe him?
(a) Sahib.
(b) Havildar.
(c) Padre.
(d) Hakim.

2. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?
(a) Consider devoting herself as a temple servant.
(b) Tell her father that the temple courtyard needs more frequent cleaning.
(c) Bring an offering to the temple goddess.
(d) Clean the courtyard of his house at the temple.

3. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?
(a) Go back and make the priest admit what he did.
(b) Go to get the family some food.
(c) Go back and kill the priest.
(d) Go make a complaint to the police.

4. What does his trip to the kitchen cause Bakha to remember?
(a) The guests at Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(b) Being yelled at by a cook when he was small.
(c) His dream about the little girl.
(d) The food his mother used to cook.

5. What does the word "Jernel" mean?
(a) Friend.
(b) Groom.
(c) Sweeper.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Bakha's response to nature?

2. Why does Bakha think that it is unlikely he will be able to lie to his father about the morning's events?

3. What advice does Gandhi give to the outcastes in the audience?

4. How does Bakha feel about Charat Singh, most of the time?

5. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?

(see the answer key)

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