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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 does the boy do by the river?
(a) He pretends he is a great hunter and goes looking for a tiger.
(b) He pretends to fish with a stick.
(c) He pretends to be a fish.
(d) He pretends Raicharan is a monster that he must hide from.

2. What is the worst part of Kiran's life in the riverside villa?
(a) The sound of the cicadas.
(b) The nosiness of the neighbors.
(c) The absence of anything to do.
(d) The dampness that gets into everything.

3. According to what Mini was told, what animal makes it rain?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Whale.
(c) Heron.
(d) Buffalo.

4. In "Once There Was a King," what do the boys at the Brahman's son's school ask him about?
(a) Who his father is.
(b) Why he spends so much time in the forest.
(c) How he became a prince.
(d) The identity of the lady living in the palace with him.

5. What does the baby call Raicharan, in "The Child's Return,"?
(a) Ra-na.
(b) Ba-ba.
(c) Dan-na.
(d) Chan-na.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mustached stranger ask Phatik?

2. Where does the family go for Subha's wedding?

3. Who is Subha's human comrade?

4. Which children are Subha's primary companions?

5. Where is Rahman from?

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