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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a "sepoy" (5)?
2. How many times does Bakha try to mount the temple steps before he has the courage to get all the way to the top step?
3. What gesture does Bakha continuously make in order to try to placate the man that he has bumped on the street?
4. What is the job of the young man who is interested in Sohini?
5. After he is finally free of the crowd in the street, what does Bakha suddenly realize is at the root of all of his problems?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the dynamic between Bakha and his friends.
2. What mixture of feelings does Bakha have about Sohini as they make their way home from the temple?
3. Besides the accidental bumping, what seems to most offend the man and the crowd that gathers?
4. Describe the conditions in which Bakha's family lives.
5. Describe Bakha's morning before he leaves his family's house.
6. Describe the job that Bakha does after he has cleaned all of the latrines twice.
7. Why is the man that Bakha bumps into in the street so angry?
8. What does the description of the town as Bakha enters it emphasize, and how does this foreshadow what will happen later, when Bakha bumps into someone?
9. Which habits of Indian people does Bakha find crude and unsophisticated?
10. What altercation does Sohini get into at the well, and why does it happen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the symbol of the solar topee in conjunction with the text's references to heat, fire, and sun. Write an essay in which you analyze the solar topee as a part of a textual motif regarding how authority is misused to shield people from accountability for their inhumane actions. Offer both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text in support of your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Do some biographical research on Mulk Raj Anand. Use this biographical information to write an essay that connects the author's personal life with his concerns in Untouchable. Consider both his motivations and the perspective that he brings to the text. Use evidence from Untouchable as well as from your research to support your assertions. Cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Do some research into the impact of systemic oppression on parenting. Then, use this research to illuminate Lakha's choices as a parent and their impact on Bakha. Use evidence from Untouchable as well as from your research to support your assertions. Cite all sources in MLA format.
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