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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 chapter is the narrator writing in "The Cabuliwallah"?
(a) 5th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 17th.

2. What animal does Raicharan pretend to be while playing with the little boy?
(a) Dog.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Goat.
(d) Horse.

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

4. In "The Child's Return," what does the boy point to from his go-cart?
(a) A colorful bird.
(b) A man in a boat.
(c) A mango tree.
(d) A kadamba tree.

5. What is Phailna's first reaction to hearing that he is a magistrate's son?
(a) Incredulity.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Raicharan move for Phailna to go to school?

2. What does the Cabuliwallah have on his head?

3. How does Rahman appear different when he arrives in the narrator's study on the day of the wedding?

4. In what way is Raicharan's boy similar to the missing child?

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

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