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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 does Mini think the Cabuliwallah's bag contains?
(a) Almonds.
(b) Children.
(c) Magic.
(d) Crows.

2. What does Phailna say that Raicharan should receive?
(a) A beating.
(b) A prison sentence.
(c) A room in the house.
(d) A monthly pension.

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

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 indifference, for he does not recognize him.
(c) With fury, demanding to know what became of his son.
(d) Exhaustedly, for he is weary with life.

5. In "Once There Was a King," what decision does the king make at his dinner with the queen?
(a) He will attack the castle of his treacherous brother.
(b) He will marry his daughter to the first man he sees upon leaving the palace.
(c) He will hold a grand tournament for the hand of his daughter.
(d) He will go back to the forest and never return.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Raicharan able to get gold bangles and anklets for his boy?

2. How old is Phatik?

3. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess eat before going to speak to her husband?

4. In "Once There Was a King," who reads the incantations?

5. What does the postmaster tell Ratan about?

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