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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rakha say he will kill Bakha for?
(a) Touching the broom.
(b) Refusing to clean the latrines.
(c) Failing to protect his sister.
(d) The way Bakha speaks to him.

2. How much money was Gulabo given for her daughter's hand in marriage?
(a) 50 rupees.
(b) 2,000 rupees.
(c) 1,000 rupees.
(d) 200 rupees.

3. When Bakha returns home, what does it seem to him his father has been doing all day?
(a) Gambling with friends.
(b) Grooming himself.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Ruminating on his children's failings.

4. Where do Chota and Ram Charan go before the hockey game?
(a) To finish their work.
(b) Back to their homes.
(c) To look for the priest.
(d) With Bakha to the barracks.

5. How does Bakha feel about Charat Singh, most of the time?
(a) He wishes that Charat Singh were his father.
(b) He is nervous about the man's temper.
(c) He admires Charat Singh and is grateful to him.
(d) He is suspicious of Charat Singh's motives.

6. What makes Bakha think that the hockey stick is "the best stick that had been manufactured in the world" (95)?
(a) It is marked with English stamps.
(b) It was given to him by his hero.
(c) It is strong but very flexible.
(d) It is colored in the colors of the Indian flag.

7. What caste does the cook assume Bakha is a member of?
(a) Grass-cutters.
(b) Washermen.
(c) Sweepers.
(d) Water-carriers.

8. What does Charat Singh send Bakha to fetch in the kitchen?
(a) Food.
(b) A towel.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coals.

9. Whom does Bakha see working in the river on his way to Ram Charan's sister's wedding?
(a) Washermen.
(b) Boatmen.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Water-carriers.

10. What does Bakha do after he sits down in the alley where he has been unable to get any attention from the houses?
(a) He begins to weep.
(b) He plots revenge against the priest.
(c) He prays.
(d) He falls asleep.

11. What does Bakha's family's diet seem to mostly consist of?
(a) Rice.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Potatoes.

12. Why is Lakha so eager to talk to the town's families about when their daughters will get married?
(a) He is looking for a wife for himself.
(b) He is hoping to get extra work during the wedding festivities.
(c) He looks forward to the scraps from the wedding feast.
(d) He wants to find Bakha a wife.

13. What instruction does Charat Singh give Bakha about the hockey stick?
(a) He should hide it under his coat and not tell anyone about the gift.
(b) He should practice with it before trying to use it in a game.
(c) He should show it to his father so that his father will be proud of how well-liked Bakha is.
(d) He should treat it very carefully and ensure it is not damaged.

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

15. What does the text refer to as the "noblest part of the body" (88)?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The heart.
(c) The hands.
(d) The head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chota suggest Bakha distract himself from the woes of his morning with?

2. What does Bakha think Ram Charan's sister looked like as a child?

3. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?

4. Who throws the rock that strikes the babu's younger son?

5. What do Bakha's thoughts about Emperor Jehangir's invention reveal?

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