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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Pages 3-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?
(a) Lakha.
(b) Bakha.
(c) Rakha.
(d) Charat Singh.

2. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?
(a) Work.
(b) British culture.
(c) Women.
(d) The sun.

3. On page 28, what does the narrator say prevails in the lives of the outcastes?
(a) Silence.
(b) Faith.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Suffering.

4. On page 6, what do the outcaste boys start calling Bakha after he starts wearing British clothing?
(a) "O bey brother-in-law."
(b) "Bakha-Britain."
(c) "Imitation sahib."
(d) "Sergeant Sweeper."

5. What is a "cantonment" (3)?
(a) A subdivision of territory.
(b) Land devoted to agriculture.
(c) A palace for minor royalty.
(d) A military or police headquarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "Pundit" mean (19)?

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

3. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?

4. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?

5. What is a "sepoy" (5)?

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