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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the job of the young man who is interested in Sohini?
(a) Grass-cutter.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Water-carrier.
(d) Weaver.
2. Of all of the cloths in the market, which is Bakha most drawn to?
(a) Cotton plaid.
(b) Suiting wool.
(c) Sari silk.
(d) Manchester cloth.
3. Who is the author of Untouchable?
(a) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
(b) Khushwant Singh.
(c) R. K. Narayan.
(d) Mulk Raj Anand.
4. What is Gulabo's job?
(a) Washerwoman.
(b) Water-carrier.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Leather tanner.
5. How old is Bakha?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.
6. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?
(a) "Companions."
(b) "Modern people."
(c) "Superior people."
(d) "Hindu sepoys."
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 to get the family some food.
(c) Go back and kill the priest.
(d) Go back and make the priest admit what he did.
8. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Hysteria.
9. What does the priest tell Sohini he wants her to do?
(a) Clean the courtyard of his house at the temple.
(b) Bring an offering to the temple goddess.
(c) Tell her father that the temple courtyard needs more frequent cleaning.
(d) Consider devoting herself as a temple servant.
10. Besides his hockey skills and sense of humor, what is Havildar Charat Singh well-known for?
(a) His constipation.
(b) His handsomeness.
(c) His kindness.
(d) His hemorrhoids.
11. On page 9, what does the narrator compare Bakha's capacity for work to?
(a) Wind shaking the leaves.
(b) The burning of a fire.
(c) The shining of glass.
(d) Water flowing from a stream.
12. What does Sohini eventually admit to her brother the priest did to her?
(a) Threatened to get their father in trouble.
(b) Made improper sexual suggestions.
(c) Grabbed her breasts.
(d) Chastised her for not cleaning properly.
13. What are outcastes such as Bakha supposed to do when they are walking near caste Hindus in town?
(a) Bow and avert their eyes.
(b) Stand against a wall until the caste Hindu has passed.
(c) Call out and announce their presence.
(d) Turn away and keep still until the caste Hindu has passed.
14. What is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?
(a) A woman sitting in a window.
(b) The huge advertising signs he cannot read.
(c) The colorful clothing of a Peshawari fruit-seller.
(d) A page of the Daily Mail newspaper laying in the street.
15. What does the passage about the cheap nickel jewelry reveal about Bakha?
(a) His fascination with the English has ruined for him some of the things he loved as a child.
(b) He secretly admires the bright, cheerful manner in which many caste Hindus dress.
(c) His poverty is the main thing that keeps him from dressing as he really wants to.
(d) His disinterest in Indian culture is a result of his outcaste status rather than his exposure to English culture.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why are Chota and Ram Charan eager for the babu's sons to be at the hockey game?
2. What motivates the babu's son to agree to give Bakha lessons?
3. What is the image in the model temple at the base of the banyan tree?
4. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?
5. Why do the outcastes gather in a crowd at the well?
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