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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Child's Return".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anukul's wife doing when Raicharan visits their house?
(a) Praying for her missing son.
(b) Playing with her daughter.
(c) Cursing Raicharan.
(d) Buying a herb meant to ensure the birth of a child.

2. Where do Mini and the narrator live?
(a) Bengaluru.
(b) Varanasi.
(c) Hyderabad.
(d) Calcutta.

3. What does Ratan not ask when he tells her that he is leaving?
(a) Will he take her with him?
(b) Where is he going?
(c) Who will replace him?
(d) When will he come back?

4. Why does the postmaster not call Ratan in as usual one morning?
(a) He is sick in bed.
(b) He has left for Calcutta.
(c) He is with his friend the factory owner.
(d) He is bored of her company.

5. What do the river's wavelets remind the boy of?
(a) The tail of a horse.
(b) A field of flowers.
(c) Mischievous children.
(d) A slithering serpent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Child's Return," what does the boy point to from his go-cart?

2. In "The Child's Return," what is the master's boy named?

3. Who says that Raicharan cannot remain in the household?

4. How old is Raicharan when he first becomes a servant?

5. What kind of factory is located in the postmaster's village?

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