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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Home-Coming" - "Once There was a King".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mini's mother like?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Jocular.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Melancholic.

2. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess eat before going to speak to her husband?
(a) Her favorite soup.
(b) His leftover supper.
(c) Nothing, for she has no appetite.
(d) A banana pudding.

3. In "Once There Was a King," where was the narrator living when the fairy story began?
(a) Kashi.
(b) Kanauj.
(c) Habra.
(d) Calcutta.

4. Who arrives in the middle of the brothers' fight?
(a) Their uncle.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) Their father.
(d) The postmaster.

5. In "The Child's Return," what service does the master's boy enter after college?
(a) Medical.
(b) Postal.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Military.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phatik say when he opens his eyes to see his mother?

2. In "Once There Was a King," does the narrator's tutor arrive to give his lesson?

3. What do the village children call Phailna?

4. What had Raicharan recently made for the boy?

5. Where is the postmaster from?

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