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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Haralal is wandering through Calcutta, who asks him about the address on an envelope?
(a) His manager's servant.
(b) A man who used to be in one of his classes.
(c) A chuprassi.
(d) A visitor from Barrackpore.

2. When does Haralal leave his manager's office?
(a) Noon.
(b) Three o'clock.
(c) Eleven o'clock.
(d) Sunset.

3. In "Master Mashai," what is Adharlal's wife named?
(a) Mishita.
(b) Nanibala.
(c) Ria.
(d) Anjana.

4. How does Makhan's mother describe him?
(a) Indolent and unmotivated.
(b) Kind, but lacking academically.
(c) As good as gold.
(d) Aggressive.

5. Whose presence does Haralal perceive as he sits in the carriage?
(a) Nanibala's.
(b) Venu's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His father's

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mini at the start of the story?

2. In "Once There Was a King," what do the boys at the Brahman's son's school ask him about?

3. Who does Haralal's mother want to make dinner for?

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

5. Where does Venu wish to go?

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