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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. What does Bakha buy from the betel-leaf shop?
(a) Tea.
(b) Matches.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Cigarettes.

2. Besides his hockey skills and sense of humor, what is Havildar Charat Singh well-known for?
(a) His hemorrhoids.
(b) His constipation.
(c) His kindness.
(d) His handsomeness.

3. Why does Bakha not feel sad about his mother's death?
(a) She was a part of a more old-fashioned world than the one he wants to live in.
(b) She was even more cruelly abusive than his father.
(c) He was so young when she died that he barely remembers her.
(d) He knows that her life was miserable, and he is glad she is free of her suffering.

4. What is Lakha's point in telling the story about when Bakha was gravely ill as a child?
(a) The upper castes can be good people who try to help the outcastes.
(b) The caste system can seem unfair, but eventually everyone gets what they deserve.
(c) He loves Bakha more than it seems like he does.
(d) He has done a lot for Bakha and deserves better treatment from his son.

5. What animals does the man that Bakha bumps in the street repeatedly compare Bakha to?
(a) A goat and a monkey.
(b) A dog and a pig.
(c) A monkey and a dog.
(d) A pig and a goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the priest's real motivation in serving Sohini first?

2. How does the narrator characterize Bakha's response to nature?

3. Who is the author of Untouchable?

4. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?

5. What finally rouses Bakha from his bed at the beginning of the book?

(see the answer key)

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