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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. During what holiday will Mini's wedding take place?
(a) Navaratri.
(b) Puja.
(c) Holi.
(d) Diwali.

2. In "Once There Was a King," what does the king do to obtain a son?
(a) Demand that the queen produce a boy.
(b) Consult a wise man.
(c) Practise austerities in the forest.
(d) Plot to kidnap a boy from the village.

3. What is the narrator doing when Rahman is arrested?
(a) Correcting proof-sheets.
(b) Drinking tea.
(c) Writing the 18th chapter.
(d) Planning a household event.

4. Who finds Phatik when he runs away?
(a) A fisherman.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Two constables.
(d) His mother.

5. In "Once There Was a King," how many years pass with the king in the forest?
(a) 5.
(b) 18.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives in the middle of the brothers' fight?

2. What does Phatik lose?

3. In "The Child's Return," what service does the master's boy enter after college?

4. How is autumn described by the narrator?

5. What does the postmaster do once he has recovered?

(see the answer key)

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