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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Master Mashai".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Venu's first tutor?
(a) He is loved by all in the household and stays on for several years.
(b) Adharlal suspects him of theft and dismisses him.
(c) He decides that the boy is a hopeless case and resigns from the position.
(d) Nanibala complains that even the sight of the tutor makes her boy ill, and he is sent away.

2. What does Haralal's manager say is the worst aspect of the loss?
(a) Shame upon himself.
(b) Harm to Haralal's career.
(c) Disruption of rice purchases.
(d) Distrust of investors.

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

4. Why does the postmaster not call Ratan in as usual one morning?
(a) He is sick in bed.
(b) He is bored of her company.
(c) He has left for Calcutta.
(d) He is with his friend the factory owner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the river's wavelets remind the boy of?

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

3. Who looks after Raicharan's baby boy when he is first born?

4. When does the carriage driver stop to shake Haralal?

5. What convinces Adharlal to hire Haralal?

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