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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. How old is Bakha?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

2. 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) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

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

5. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?
(a) Call out and announce their presence.
(b) Bow and avert their eyes.
(c) Stand against a wall until the caste Hindu has passed.
(d) Turn away and keep still until the caste Hindu has passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?

2. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?

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

4. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?

5. What are the "jalebis" that Bakha buys in the market?

(see the answer key)

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