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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. After he is finally free of the crowd in the street, what does Bakha suddenly realize is at the root of all of his problems?
(a) His status as an "untouchable."
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His father.
(d) His lack of religious knowledge.

2. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?
(a) "Modern people."
(b) "Superior people."
(c) "Hindu sepoys."
(d) "Companions."

3. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?
(a) He joins his hands prayerfully.
(b) He covers his eyes with his hands.
(c) He bows to the man over and over.
(d) He kneels in the street.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?

2. What is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?

3. What does the passage about the cheap nickel jewelry reveal about Bakha?

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

5. What finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

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