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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Home-Coming" - "Once There was a King".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phatik not give to his brother?
(a) Marbles.
(b) Fishing-rod.
(c) Big knife.
(d) Kite.

3. In "The Cabuliwallah," what is the name of the hero in the narrator's novel?
(a) Pratap.
(b) Venu.
(c) Ratan.
(d) Phatik.

4. Where does Bishambar live?
(a) Chandernagore.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Chandipur.
(d) England.

5. What do the river's wavelets remind the boy of?
(a) Mischievous children.
(b) The tail of a horse.
(c) A field of flowers.
(d) A slithering serpent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ratan not ask when he tells her that he is leaving?

2. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess eat before going to speak to her husband?

3. What does the baby call Raicharan, in "The Child's Return,"?

4. In "The Child's Return," what does the boy point to from his go-cart?

5. Who has Rahman assaulted?

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