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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 does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Tea.
(d) Matches.

2. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?
(a) He does not hear what the man is saying, at first.
(b) He thinks the idea of ritual pollution is ridiculous.
(c) He is paralyzed with fear.
(d) He does not think he really bumped the man.

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

4. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?
(a) There are not as many people out as is usual for the time of day.
(b) Many of the shopkeepers are staring at him as if they have already heard gossip about him.
(c) His sister has not cleaned the street as she was supposed to have done.
(d) The number of British goods for sale has increased since he was last in the town.

5. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?
(a) Playing hockey in other towns.
(b) Traveling with his uncle.
(c) Working in a British barracks.
(d) At his British-run school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?

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

3. Why do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?

4. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?

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

(see the answer key)

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