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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Pages 30-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is so soothing to Bakha about the smaller street, familiar to him since childhood, that he turns into when he leaves the crowded bazaar?
(a) The sight of the English musical instruments.
(b) The feeling of the much cooler air against his skin.
(c) The sound of the children playing marbles.
(d) The smell of spices from the spice merchants' shops.

2. What does the priest inside the temple do to indicate the beginning of services?
(a) He rings a series of bells.
(b) He hits a small gong.
(c) He strikes a five-headed drum.
(d) He blows on a conch shell.

3. What finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?
(a) His father's constant stream of verbal abuse.
(b) Concern about where his brother has gone.
(c) Thoughts of the importance of duty and hard work.
(d) A man complaining about the dirty latrines.

4. What does Sohini first tell her brother the priest did to her?
(a) Made improper sexual suggestions.
(b) Threatened to get their father in trouble.
(c) Chastised her for not cleaning properly.
(d) Grabbed her breasts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?

3. Why are Chota and Ram Charan eager for the babu's sons to be at the hockey game?

4. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?

5. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?

(see the answer key)

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