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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 does the narrator say prevents the crowd from accepting Bakha's apology?
2. What does Bakha do when he is finally at the top of the temple steps?
3. When Bakha is in the street where he has to step over the cow, what does he notice about his surroundings?
4. What habit of the British soldiers did Bakha find "Disgraceful" (12)?
5. Why does Bahka not immediately apologize when he is accused of bumping the man in the street?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is implied by the narrator's description of how Bakha seems somehow allied with the fire?
2. Describe the job that Bakha does after he has cleaned all of the latrines twice.
3. Which habits of Indian people does Bakha find crude and unsophisticated?
4. Besides the accidental bumping, what seems to most offend the man and the crowd that gathers?
5. On his way into town, how does Bakha light his cigarette, and what does this incident demonstrate about how his caste status impacts his beliefs about himself?
6. How do the incidents that take place with Bakha and Sohini at the temple reinforce the text's claims about power and status?
7. What mixture of feelings does Bakha have about Sohini as they make their way home from the temple?
8. Describe the conditions in which Bakha's family lives.
9. What seems ironic to Bakha when he thinks about the reason that schools will not admit outcaste students?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the images of nature in Untouchable. Describe the characteristics of these images and then analyze their function. Offer both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text in support of your claims.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
In what sense does the ending of Untouchable become almost a persuasive essay that evaluates three potential solutions to the problems faced by India's "untouchables"? Write an essay that discusses the solutions being offered and the ways that comic elements in the scene with Colonel Hutchinson, Bakha's reactions to Gandhi, and the emphasis on dialogue over narrative in the novel's final pages function as elements of evaluation of the three proposed solutions. Offer both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the text in support of your claims.
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