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

2. What do the village children call Phailna?
(a) The Little Prince.
(b) The orphan.
(c) Horse boy.
(d) Your Lordship.

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

4. How does Anukul receive Raicharan when he sees him for the first time in years?
(a) Warmly, offering to take him back into the household.
(b) With fury, demanding to know what became of his son.
(c) Exhaustedly, for he is weary with life.
(d) With indifference, for he does not recognize him.

5. When would Rahman return to his country?
(a) Once his money ran out.
(b) During the late-spring.
(c) In mid-January.
(d) After the floods receded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Raicharan go after being expelled from the household?

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

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

4. Where do Mini and the narrator live?

5. What color is the waist-coat that Anukul buys for the boy?

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