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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 Haralal's manager say is the worst aspect of the loss?
(a) Harm to Haralal's career.
(b) Disruption of rice purchases.
(c) Distrust of investors.
(d) Shame upon himself.

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

3. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess eat before going to speak to her husband?
(a) His leftover supper.
(b) Nothing, for she has no appetite.
(c) Her favorite soup.
(d) A banana pudding.

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

5. Who does Haralal's mother want to make dinner for?
(a) Haralal's uncle.
(b) Adharlal.
(c) Haralal's new manager.
(d) Venu.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess find when she goes to tell the Brahman's son the truth?

2. Who does Phatik speak to in his feverish delirium?

3. When Haralal is wandering through Calcutta, who asks him about the address on an envelope?

4. Where does Haralal tell the carriage driver he wants to go?

5. What does the mustached stranger ask Phatik?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Phatik's mother react when he wants to go to Calcutta?

2. What is Calcutta like for Haralal when he walks through it?

3. How does Venu react to Haralal leaving?

4. What happens when Hanalal takes Venu's letter and ornaments to Adharlal?

5. How does Ratikanta treat those who come to see his patron?

6. How do things initially go for Haralal at his new job?

7. What happens when Phatik is taken to his mother's house?

8. How do Venu and Haralal initally get along?

9. How does Phatik's aunt react when he loses his lesson book?

10. What does the narrator wish upon hearing about the Brahman's son marrying the princess?

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