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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator doing when Rahman is arrested?
(a) Writing the 18th chapter.
(b) Planning a household event.
(c) Correcting proof-sheets.
(d) Drinking tea.

2. What did Ratan used to play with her little brother?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Hide and seek.
(d) Tag.

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

4. What does the postmaster give to Ratan before leaving?
(a) Most of his month's salary.
(b) A pocket knife.
(c) His address in Calcutta.
(d) A wooden figure of a little bird.

5. What kind of factory is located in the postmaster's village?
(a) Indigo.
(b) Electronics.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What village is the postmaster working in?

2. What does the postmaster tell Ratan about?

3. What does the the postmaster start to teach Ratan?

4. In "The Cabuliwallah," what is the name of the hero in the narrator's novel?

5. How soon after telling Ratan about his departure does he go?

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