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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Haralal dream of after locking away the currency bags?
(a) Moving to England.
(b) Being reproached by Venu's mother.
(c) Losing his employer's money.
(d) Drowning in the bay.

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

3. When does Haralal teach Venu?
(a) After lunch.
(b) On weeknights.
(c) Before sunset.
(d) Morning and evening.

4. What does Haralal tell his manager about the missing money?
(a) That he did not take it.
(b) That his former student has taken it to England.
(c) That he was robbed by armed bandits.
(d) That he knows who has it.

5. In "Once There Was a King," what is the narrator's excuse for skipping his lesson?
(a) Headache.
(b) Dog bite.
(c) Rain.
(d) Special occasion.

6. In "Once There Was a King," who reads the incantations?
(a) A priest.
(b) A magician.
(c) A wise woman.
(d) The princess.

7. When he gets back from the jetty, what does Haralal tell his mother he has been doing?
(a) Taking his exercise.
(b) Bringing home a bride.
(c) Running an errand for his manager.
(d) Searching for Venu the thief.

8. In "Master Mashai," what is Adharlal's wife named?
(a) Anjana.
(b) Nanibala.
(c) Mishita.
(d) Ria.

9. What does the mustached stranger ask Phatik?
(a) Where the Chakravartis live.
(b) Who he stole the wooden bird from.
(c) Why he is wading in the water.
(d) When the boat will arive.

10. What does Haralal's firm buy from the countryside?
(a) Rice and dal.
(b) Coal.
(c) Grapes and almonds.
(d) Goat milk.

11. What is Phatik doing when the mustached stranger approaches him?
(a) Skipping stones.
(b) Singing to himself.
(c) Nibbling grass.
(d) Pretending to fish.

12. How does Makhan interfere with the planned prank?
(a) Telling the log's owner.
(b) Attacking his brother.
(c) Bringing his mother.
(d) Sitting on the log.

13. What does Phatik not give to his brother?
(a) Kite.
(b) Big knife.
(c) Fishing-rod.
(d) Marbles.

14. In "Once There Was a King," what does the Brahman's son float down the river on?
(a) Banana stem.
(b) Mango leaf.
(c) Bamboo raft.
(d) Father's boat.

15. In "Once There Was a King," how many years pass with the king in the forest?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Adharlal tell Haralal to find somewhere else to live?

2. What does Haralal's manager say is the worst aspect of the loss?

3. What does Haralal do when his salary is raised to 40 rupees a month?

4. In "Once There Was a King," who does the king decide to marry his daughter to?

5. Whose presence does Haralal perceive as he sits in the carriage?

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