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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 does Raicharan blame for the boy's disappearance?
(a) His own inattention.
(b) The mother's suspicion.
(c) The river's violence.
(d) God.

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

3. What does Raicharan point to when he tries to distract the boy from what he wants?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bird.

4. Where is Anukul a magistrate?
(a) Ulapur.
(b) Baraset.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Padma.

5. When would Rahman return to his country?
(a) During the late-spring.
(b) In mid-January.
(c) Once his money ran out.
(d) After the floods receded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ratan used to play with her little brother?

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

3. What did the postmaster have to console himself with that Ratan lacked?

4. In "The Child's Return," what service does the master's boy enter after college?

5. Who looks after Raicharan's baby boy when he is first born?

(see the answer key)

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