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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What does Raicharan point to when he tries to distract the boy from what he wants?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of factory is located in the postmaster's village?

2. How does Rahman appear different when he arrives in the narrator's study on the day of the wedding?

3. In "The Child's Return," what is the master's boy named?

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

5. In "Once There Was a King," what do the queen's messengers ask the king to do?

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