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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. Where do Mini and the narrator live?
(a) Hyderabad.
(b) Varanasi.
(c) Bengaluru.
(d) Calcutta.

2. What do the village children call Phailna?
(a) Horse boy.
(b) The Little Prince.
(c) Your Lordship.
(d) The orphan.

3. Who has Rahman assaulted?
(a) The man at the almond stand.
(b) A neighbor said to owe him money.
(c) The neighbor's father-in-law.
(d) Another peddler, who he had caught stealing from him.

4. Who looks after Raicharan's baby boy when he is first born?
(a) The baby's father.
(b) The baby's uncle.
(c) The baby's aunt.
(d) The baby's mother.

5. What does the baby call Raicharan, in "The Child's Return,"?
(a) Chan-na.
(b) Ra-na.
(c) Ba-ba.
(d) Dan-na.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rahman from?

2. During what holiday will Mini's wedding take place?

3. In "The Child's Return," what is the master's boy named?

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

5. What does the postmaster do once he has recovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mini initially react to Rahman?

2. How does Mini's mother feel about Rahman?

3. What amazes Raicharan about the baby?

4. What does the boy want at the side of the river?

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

6. How does Mini change as she grows older?

7. What friendships does the postmaster have?

8. What does the postmaster think about as he is leaving?

9. What is Raicharan's first reaction when the go-cart is empty?

10. How does Raicharan lose the boy?

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