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

2. On page 9, what does the narrator compare Bakha's capacity for work to?
(a) Water flowing from a stream.
(b) The burning of a fire.
(c) Wind shaking the leaves.
(d) The shining of glass.

3. What is Gulabo's job?
(a) Leather tanner.
(b) Washerwoman.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Water-carrier.

4. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?
(a) Sweeping equipment.
(b) His daughter's dowry.
(c) His wife's funeral.
(d) A cow.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. Why does Rakha feel safe from Bakha's criticism?

3. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?

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

5. What is so soothing to Bakha about the smaller street, familiar to him since childhood, that he turns into when he leaves the crowded bazaar?

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