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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bakha's first response when he hears the priest cry out "Polluted, polluted, polluted" (50)?
(a) He freezes in terror.
(b) He stands at the top of the steps and yells back.
(c) He runs down the steps.
(d) He tries to hide.

2. Why does Bakha not feel sad about his mother's death?
(a) She was even more cruelly abusive than his father.
(b) She was a part of a more old-fashioned world than the one he wants to live in.
(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.

3. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?
(a) Rakha.
(b) Lakha.
(c) Charat Singh.
(d) Bakha.

4. What is the priest's real motivation in serving Sohini first?
(a) He is intentionally slighting Gulabo.
(b) He admires her piety and humility.
(c) He is physically attracted to her.
(d) He takes pity on her low status.

5. What is the image in the model temple at the base of the banyan tree?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A snake.

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

7. What does Bakha tell Sohini he is going to do when he sends her home with his cleaning equipment?
(a) Go make a complaint to the police.
(b) Go back and make the priest admit what he did.
(c) Go to get the family some food.
(d) Go back and kill the priest.

8. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?
(a) He joins his hands prayerfully.
(b) He covers his eyes with his hands.
(c) He kneels in the street.
(d) He bows to the man over and over.

9. Where did Bakha get his British jacket and overcoat?
(a) He bought them with his tip money.
(b) They were a gift from his uncle.
(c) They were prizes he won for playing hockey.
(d) He found them in a rubbish bin.

10. How does Bakha feel when he observes the services taking place inside the temple?
(a) Confused.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Moved.

11. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?
(a) The sun.
(b) Women.
(c) British culture.
(d) Work.

12. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?
(a) Money.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fear.

13. What is Lakha's purpose in having Sohini call for her brothers?
(a) He intends to get them to do his work as well as their own.
(b) He needs them to escort Sohini to and from the temple.
(c) He wants to scold them for not doing their work properly.
(d) He wants to ask them about Lachman's intentions toward Sohini.

14. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?
(a) He does not hear what the man is saying, at first.
(b) He thinks the idea of ritual pollution is ridiculous.
(c) He is paralyzed with fear.
(d) He does not think he really bumped the man.

15. 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?
(a) The sound of the children playing marbles.
(b) The feeling of the much cooler air against his skin.
(c) The sight of the English musical instruments.
(d) The smell of spices from the spice merchants' shops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the walls of the houses of the outcastes made of?

2. What causes Bakha to pause before entering the town?

3. On page 9, what does the narrator compare Bakha's capacity for work to?

4. Who is the author of Untouchable?

5. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?

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