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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Child's Return".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Child's Return," by the banks of what river is Anukul transferred to?
(a) Padma.
(b) Brahmaputra.
(c) Tapi.
(d) Mahanadi.

2. Who says that Raicharan cannot remain in the household?
(a) The mistress.
(b) Phailna.
(c) Anukul.
(d) Raicharan.

3. How is Raicharan able to get gold bangles and anklets for his boy?
(a) By trading away his most valuable possession.
(b) By melting down his wife's ornaments.
(c) By getting a second job.
(d) By stealing from the wealthiest man in the village.

4. What does Raicharan point to when he tries to distract the boy from what he wants?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A cat.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A bird.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Anukul a magistrate?

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

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

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

5. How is autumn described by the narrator?

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