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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Subha" - "The Castaway".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the river's wavelets remind the boy of?
(a) The tail of a horse.
(b) A field of flowers.
(c) Mischievous children.
(d) A slithering serpent.

2. Who has Rahman assaulted?
(a) A neighbor said to owe him money.
(b) The neighbor's father-in-law.
(c) Another peddler, who he had caught stealing from him.
(d) The man at the almond stand.

3. How old is Nilkanta?
(a) 14.
(b) 22-23.
(c) 17 or 18.
(d) 13.

4. What chapter is the narrator writing in "The Cabuliwallah"?
(a) 21st.
(b) 5th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 17th.

5. What did Ratan used to play with her little brother?
(a) Marbles.
(b) Hide and seek.
(c) Tag.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phatik lose?

2. Who does Nilkanta try to learn from?

3. What is Subha's father named?

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

5. Who is Ratikanta?

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