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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. How many times does Bakha try to mount the temple steps before he has the courage to get all the way to the top step?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?
(a) It was a part of the merchant's daughter's wedding festivities.
(b) He owed Lakha a year's back wages for sweeping at his home and shop.
(c) His father had owed a debt to Lakha's father before both men died.
(d) He was advised to do this because he wanted sons.

3. How is Bakha feeling when he first arrives and surveys the happy wedding crowd?
(a) Tired and apathetic.
(b) Afraid and self-conscious.
(c) Jovial and relaxed.
(d) Envious and angry.

4. Who is the author of Untouchable?
(a) R. K. Narayan.
(b) Khushwant Singh.
(c) Mulk Raj Anand.
(d) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

5. What point does Bakha take away from the story his father tells about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?
(a) The upper caste doctor was initially willing to just let Bakha die.
(b) His father should have done more to try to help him.
(c) His mother is really the only one who genuinely loved Bakha.
(d) The caste system is designed to get rid of as many outcastes as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does context suggest is the correct interpretation of the narrator's description of the temple's "florid exuberance" (46)?

2. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?

3. What are the "ghats by the waterside" (76)?

4. What word does Lakha use to address the doctor in his story?

5. What has Bakha successfully taught himself from the book he bought?

(see the answer key)

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