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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the job of the young man who is interested in Sohini?
(a) Water-carrier.
(b) Grass-cutter.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Weaver.
2. Who is the author of Untouchable?
(a) R. K. Narayan.
(b) Mulk Raj Anand.
(c) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
(d) Khushwant Singh.
3. What does the narrator say is "a sort of intoxication" for Bakha (11)?
(a) The sun.
(b) Work.
(c) British culture.
(d) Women.
4. What is ironic about Bakha's friends teasing him about his interest in "fashun" (26)?
(a) They are the ones who first encouraged his interest.
(b) They share this interest.
(c) They do not even know what the word means.
(d) They are not trying to be cruel.
5. What does Bakha do when he is finally at the top of the temple steps?
(a) Stands at the edge where he can see through a crack in the wall.
(b) Sneaks quietly inside the temple.
(c) Lies down and peers under the door.
(d) Balances on his toes and looks through a window.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Bakha staring at when he hears the man complaining that Bakha has bumped into him?
2. What is a "cantonment" (3)?
3. What causes Bakha to pause before entering the town?
4. What did Lakha borrow money from Ganesh Nath, the bania, to pay for?
5. Which character are people speaking of when they say that he is "a bit superior to his job" (9)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the dynamic between Bakha and his friends.
2. Why is the man that Bakha bumps into in the street so angry?
3. What is implied by the narrator's description of how Bakha seems somehow allied with the fire?
4. Describe Bakha's morning before he leaves his family's house.
5. Which habits of Indian people does Bakha find crude and unsophisticated?
6. Describe Bakha's father.
7. Besides the accidental bumping, what seems to most offend the man and the crowd that gathers?
8. What seeming contradictions does Bakha notice in the treatment of cows?
9. What mixture of feelings does Bakha have about Sohini as they make their way home from the temple?
10. What altercation does Sohini get into at the well, and why does it happen?
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