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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. How is Raicharan able to get gold bangles and anklets for his boy?
(a) By melting down his wife's ornaments.
(b) By getting a second job.
(c) By stealing from the wealthiest man in the village.
(d) By trading away his most valuable possession.

2. How does Rahman appear different when he arrives in the narrator's study on the day of the wedding?
(a) There is a scar on his face.
(b) His hair is cut shorter.
(c) He has gained weight.
(d) He seems more vigorous.

3. How does Anukul receive Raicharan when he sees him for the first time in years?
(a) With fury, demanding to know what became of his son.
(b) Exhaustedly, for he is weary with life.
(c) With indifference, for he does not recognize him.
(d) Warmly, offering to take him back into the household.

4. What animal do Mini and Rahman joke about?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Crow.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Ox.

5. What kind of factory is located in the postmaster's village?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Indigo.
(d) Electronics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the waist-coat that Anukul buys for the boy?

2. What does the the postmaster start to teach Ratan?

3. What does Rahman say he will do to his father-in-law?

4. What do the river's wavelets remind the boy of?

5. What does Ratan do for the postmaster in the evening?

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