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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Phailna say that Raicharan should receive?
(a) A monthly pension.
(b) A beating.
(c) A room in the house.
(d) A prison sentence.
2. What is Mini's mother like?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Jocular.
(d) Melancholic.
3. How does Rahman appear different when he arrives in the narrator's study on the day of the wedding?
(a) He seems more vigorous.
(b) He has gained weight.
(c) There is a scar on his face.
(d) His hair is cut shorter.
4. What is the name of Raicharan's boy?
(a) Ratan.
(b) Anukul.
(c) Phailna.
(d) Rahman.
5. Why does the postmaster not call Ratan in as usual one morning?
(a) He has left for Calcutta.
(b) He is with his friend the factory owner.
(c) He is bored of her company.
(d) He is sick in bed.
6. 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 trading away his most valuable possession.
(d) By stealing from the wealthiest man in the village.
7. Where is Rahman from?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) India.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Nepal.
8. What is the narrator doing when Rahman is arrested?
(a) Planning a household event.
(b) Drinking tea.
(c) Writing the 18th chapter.
(d) Correcting proof-sheets.
9. Where do Mini and the narrator live?
(a) Hyderabad.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Bengaluru.
(d) Varanasi.
10. According to what Mini was told, what animal makes it rain?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Heron.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Whale.
11. What had Raicharan recently made for the boy?
(a) A human figure made of grass.
(b) A mouse made of clay.
(c) A go-cart made of flowers.
(d) A little house made of twigs.
12. What does Ratan do for the postmaster in the evening?
(a) Wash his suit.
(b) Write the letters he dictates.
(c) Bring him his fish.
(d) Light his pipe.
13. What does Ratan do for the postmaster on his last morning in the village?
(a) Cleans his travel shoes.
(b) Cooks his breakfast.
(c) Prepares his bath.
(d) Packs his bags.
14. In "The Child's Return," what is the master's boy named?
(a) Ahnay.
(b) Aarush.
(c) Anjor.
(d) Anukul.
15. What chapter is the narrator writing in "The Cabuliwallah"?
(a) 21st.
(b) 5th.
(c) 17th.
(d) 3rd.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Mini wearing when Rahman sees her on her wedding day?
2. What do most people think happened to the missing boy?
3. What color is the waist-coat that Anukul buys for the boy?
4. What toy does Raicharan buy for his son?
5. What animal do Mini and Rahman joke about?
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