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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 Charat Singh offer Bakha?
(a) A bag of sweets.
(b) A handful of coins.
(c) A hockey stick.
(d) A job in the cantonment.

2. Of all of the cloths in the market, which is Bakha most drawn to?
(a) Suiting wool.
(b) Sari silk.
(c) Manchester cloth.
(d) Cotton plaid.

3. Why do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?
(a) It is a chance to talk and exchange gossip.
(b) It is a chance to take a break from their long workdays.
(c) They are not allowed to draw water until all of the higher-caste homes have drawn theirs.
(d) They must wait for someone higher-caste to draw the water.

4. What does the word "Pundit" mean (19)?
(a) A high-caste person.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A religious leader.
(d) A scholar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?

2. When the priest claims to have been "defiled by contact," what does Bakha assume (51)?

3. 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?

4. Who is the author of Untouchable?

5. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?

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