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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Subha" - "The Castaway".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals are Subha's two friends?
(a) A goat and a hen.
(b) A pair of horses.
(c) Two cows.
(d) A dog and a cat.

2. What does Haralal leave for Venu when he resigns?
(a) Music box.
(b) Wooden bird.
(c) Bowl of goldfish.
(d) Book of stories.

3. What does the narrator think Subha ardently desires?
(a) To board a riverboat and never return.
(b) To be of great help to Pratap and prove herself.
(c) To sing.
(d) To float from star to star.

4. What does Venu tell Haralal that he wants to become?
(a) A writer.
(b) A professor.
(c) A barrister.
(d) A cricketeer.

5. In "The Child's Return," what service does the master's boy enter after college?
(a) Medical.
(b) Military.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Postal.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to what Mini was told, what animal makes it rain?

2. What is the name of Raicharan's boy?

3. In "Once There Was a King," when does the princess finally tell the Brahman's son that she will answer his question?

4. What does the baby call Raicharan, in "The Child's Return,"?

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

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