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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. What chapter is the narrator writing in "The Cabuliwallah"?
(a) 5th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 17th.
(d) 21st.

2. What is Phailna's first reaction to hearing that he is a magistrate's son?
(a) Incredulity.
(b) Relief.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

3. How is autumn described by the narrator?
(a) As being a time to think on one's blessings.
(b) As being the time of year when kings once went forth to conquest.
(c) As being the most melancholic of seasons.
(d) As being the best weather in which to write.

4. What color is the waist-coat that Anukul buys for the boy?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

5. Who looks after Raicharan's baby boy when he is first born?
(a) The baby's mother.
(b) The baby's aunt.
(c) The baby's father.
(d) The baby's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the postmaster not call Ratan in as usual one morning?

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

5. What is Mini wearing when Rahman sees her on her wedding day?

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