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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He was so young when she died that he barely remembers her.
(c) He knows that her life was miserable, and he is glad she is free of her suffering.
(d) She was even more cruelly abusive than his father.

2. What does Sohini first tell her brother the priest did to her?
(a) Grabbed her breasts.
(b) Made improper sexual suggestions.
(c) Threatened to get their father in trouble.
(d) Chastised her for not cleaning properly.

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

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

5. What habit of Indian people in this time period was the basis of a derogatory description used by the British soldiers?
(a) Squatting to urinate and defecate on the ground.
(b) Bathing in water polluted by human and animal waste.
(c) Using water to clear out their noses and sinuses.
(d) Blowing repeatedly on tea and hot food to cool it.

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

7. What does Charat Singh offer Bakha?
(a) A job in the cantonment.
(b) A bag of sweets.
(c) A handful of coins.
(d) A hockey stick.

8. What does context suggest is the correct interpretation of the narrator's description of the temple's "florid exuberance" (46)?
(a) It is a bright reddish color.
(b) It is composed of many separate sections.
(c) It is covered in carved flowers.
(d) It is extremely ornate.

9. Why are Chota and Ram Charan eager for the babu's sons to be at the hockey game?
(a) They own a number of hockey sticks.
(b) The babu will send his sons with plenty of food for everyone.
(c) They are excellent hockey players.
(d) The babu might come to the game to watch them play.

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

11. What does Sohini eventually admit to her brother the priest did to her?
(a) Made improper sexual suggestions.
(b) Grabbed her breasts.
(c) Threatened to get their father in trouble.
(d) Chastised her for not cleaning properly.

12. What are the "jalebis" that Bakha buys in the market?
(a) A syrup-soaked fried dough.
(b) A flatbread layered with nuts and dried fruits.
(c) A type of Indian ice cream.
(d) A European-style hard candy.

13. What does the street urchin accuse Bakha of?
(a) Theft.
(b) Insulting a god.
(c) Beating him.
(d) Improper behavior with a woman.

14. What does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?
(a) Hysteria.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Sadism.

15. Where did Bakha acquire a taste for the Western way of life?
(a) At his British-run school.
(b) Traveling with his uncle.
(c) Working in a British barracks.
(d) Playing hockey in other towns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bakha's uncle tell him when he first said that he wanted to be a "sahib" (30)?

2. What does the narrator say that the word "sahib" refers to (5)?

3. What is the narrator referring to when he describes Bakha wanting to speak the "tish-mish, tish-mish" (30)?

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

5. What does the narrator explain with the phrase "set a thief to catch a thief" (38)?

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