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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Mail Coach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the bus drivers tease the passengers wanting to get on the buses?
(a) They walk around pretending to chat with people.
(b) They open their doors and then shut them.
(c) They turn on and off their engines.
(d) They drive very slowly around the depot.

2. What happens to Rashid at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) He is run over by the bus.
(b) He is tossed off the train.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He is threatened to do better,

3. Who is Haroun?
(a) There is no one named Haroun in the story.
(b) The protagonist.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) The narrator.

4. Why does Butt not stop to pick up the mail?
(a) So he can set a record.
(b) So he can make it home in time for dinner.
(c) So he can keep his promise to Haroun.
(d) So he can impress Rashid and Haroun.

5. How does Buttoo dress?
(a) Slickly.
(b) Cheaply.
(c) Plainly.
(d) Strangely.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many brother and sisters does Haroun have?

2. How many people were killed on the bus that plunged into the gully?

3. Why do the passengers fear for their lives while riding with Butt?

4. Who is Mr. Sengupta?

5. Who is Rashid?

(see the answer key)

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