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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Raicharan able to get gold bangles and anklets for his boy?
(a) By getting a second job.
(b) By melting down his wife's ornaments.
(c) By stealing from the wealthiest man in the village.
(d) By trading away his most valuable possession.

2. What do most people think happened to the missing boy?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Taken by outsiders.
(c) Kidnapped by Raicharan.
(d) Fell in the Padma.

3. In "Once There Was a King," who reads the incantations?
(a) A priest.
(b) A magician.
(c) The princess.
(d) A wise woman.

4. In "Master Mashai," what income does Adharlal Babu live on?
(a) Support from the government.
(b) Interest on his inheritance.
(c) Profit on the sale of his business.
(d) Shipping investments.

5. What does Ratikanta say about Venu?
(a) That his arrival is a bad omen.
(b) That it would be most appropriate if he lived elsewhere.
(c) That he is worthy of his house.
(d) That he is like all the others who come looking for money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bishambar live?

2. What does Ratan not ask when he tells her that he is leaving?

3. Where does Venu wish to go?

4. What did the postmaster have to console himself with that Ratan lacked?

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

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