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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Pages 110-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the younger of the babu's sons so eager to get going during their conversation with Bakha and his friends?
(a) He does not want to risk ritual pollution.
(b) He is afraid his mother will catch them talking to outcastes.
(c) He does not want to be late to school.
(d) He knows that there are sweets waiting for him at home.

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

4. What has Bakha successfully taught himself from the book he bought?
(a) Basic math.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) How to write.
(d) How to read.

5. Why does Rakha not come inside when their father has Sohini call him in?
(a) He is off somewhere playing games with his friends.
(b) He is angry at Sohini and pretends not to hear her.
(c) He has gone to see the preparations for Ram Charan's sister's wedding.
(d) He has gone to fetch kindling for the waste-burning fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a rich merchant once give Lakha a buffalo cow?

2. What is the profession of the man that Ram Charan's sister is marrying?

3. Who is Colonel Hutchinson?

4. What do all of the stories about the solar topee have in common?

5. Why is Lakha so eager to talk to the town's families about when their daughters will get married?

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