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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Subha" - "The Castaway".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phatik imagine he is doing in his sleep?
(a) Running through a muddy field.
(b) Fighting with Makhan.
(c) Fishing with his brother.
(d) Calling out the water depth.

2. In "Once There Was a King," what are the narrator's mother and grandmother doing when the narrator finds them?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Gossiping about a relative.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Drinking tea.

3. What is your father-in-law's house a euphemism for?
(a) Afterlife.
(b) Farm.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Jail.

4. In "Once There Was a King," where was the narrator living when the fairy story began?
(a) Habra.
(b) Kashi.
(c) Kanauj.
(d) Calcutta.

5. Why does the postmaster not call Ratan in as usual one morning?
(a) He is with his friend the factory owner.
(b) He is bored of her company.
(c) He is sick in bed.
(d) He has left for Calcutta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Child's Return," what service does the master's boy enter after college?

2. In "Once There Was a King," what does the Brahman's son eventually say to the princess?

3. Where is the postmaster from?

4. What is Phailna's first reaction to hearing that he is a magistrate's son?

5. Who does Nilkanta try to learn from?

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