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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Master Mashai".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Anukul receive Raicharan when he sees him for the first time in years?
(a) With fury, demanding to know what became of his son.
(b) Exhaustedly, for he is weary with life.
(c) Warmly, offering to take him back into the household.
(d) With indifference, for he does not recognize him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Once There Was a King," who reads the incantations?

2. In "Once There Was a King," where was the narrator living when the fairy story began?

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

4. What does Phatik say when he opens his eyes to see his mother?

5. In "Once There Was a King," how many years pass with the king in the forest?

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