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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Home-Coming" - "Once There was a King".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Raicharan when he first becomes a servant?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

2. How does Phailna treat Raicharan?
(a) With fondness and condescension.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With resentment.
(d) With anger.

3. On what day of the week does Raicharan bring Phailna to Anukul?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

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

5. What does the boy do by the river?
(a) He pretends he is a great hunter and goes looking for a tiger.
(b) He pretends to fish with a stick.
(c) He pretends to be a fish.
(d) He pretends Raicharan is a monster that he must hide from.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Once There Was a King," what are the narrator's mother and grandmother doing when the narrator finds them?

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

3. In "Once There Was a King," what do the queen's messengers ask the king to do?

4. In "Once There Was a King," what does the Brahman's son eventually say to the princess?

5. What toy does Raicharan buy for his son?

(see the answer key)

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