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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ratan do for the postmaster in the evening?
(a) Write the letters he dictates.
(b) Wash his suit.
(c) Bring him his fish.
(d) Light his pipe.

2. What is Mini's mother like?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Melancholic.
(d) Jocular.

3. What animal does Raicharan pretend to be while playing with the little boy?
(a) Dog.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Goat.
(d) Horse.

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

5. What kind of factory is located in the postmaster's village?
(a) Indigo.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Electronics.
(d) Bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mini think the Cabuliwallah's bag contains?

2. What is the narrator doing when Rahman is arrested?

3. Where does Raicharan move for Phailna to go to school?

4. In "The Child's Return," by the banks of what river is Anukul transferred to?

5. What does Raicharan point to when he tries to distract the boy from what he wants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What puts a stop to Rahman's visits to the house?

2. How does Raicharan lose the boy?

3. What writing is the narrator working on?

4. What is the narrator's first impression of Rahman?

5. What do the students at Phailna's hostel think of Raicharan?

6. Why does Raicharan believe his baby is his little master reborn?

7. How does Mini initially react to Rahman?

8. What friendships does the postmaster have?

9. How does Raicharan react to the birth of his son?

10. What is the rainy season like?

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