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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. What is Phatik doing when the mustached stranger approaches him?
(a) Singing to himself.
(b) Skipping stones.
(c) Pretending to fish.
(d) Nibbling grass.

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

3. What is Anukul's wife doing when Raicharan visits their house?
(a) Cursing Raicharan.
(b) Buying a herb meant to ensure the birth of a child.
(c) Playing with her daughter.
(d) Praying for her missing son.

4. In "Once There Was a King," what do the queen's messengers ask the king to do?
(a) Come home to stay.
(b) Find a husband for their daughter.
(c) Come back to the palace for one night and one meal.
(d) Defend her from the evil witch.

5. In "The Home-Coming," who is the ringleader of the boys in the village?
(a) Phailna.
(b) Bishambar.
(c) Phatik.
(d) Makhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phailna treat Raicharan?

2. According to what Mini was told, what animal makes it rain?

3. What does Raicharan tell his mistress that her son will be?

4. What is the narrator doing when Rahman is arrested?

5. What is your father-in-law's house a euphemism for?

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