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

2. Where do Mini and the narrator live?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Varanasi.
(c) Hyderabad.
(d) Bengaluru.

3. What is the name of Raicharan's boy?
(a) Phailna.
(b) Anukul.
(c) Rahman.
(d) Ratan.

4. What does Ratan not ask when he tells her that he is leaving?
(a) Where is he going?
(b) Will he take her with him?
(c) Who will replace him?
(d) When will he come back?

5. What do most people think happened to the missing boy?
(a) Kidnapped by Raicharan.
(b) Fell in the Padma.
(c) Taken by outsiders.
(d) Ran away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Raicharan point to when he tries to distract the boy from what he wants?

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

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

4. What is Anukul's wife doing when Raicharan visits their house?

5. How does Anukul receive Raicharan when he sees him for the first time in years?

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