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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Phailna treat Raicharan?
(a) With anger.
(b) With resentment.
(c) With fondness and condescension.
(d) With indifference.

2. What village is the postmaster working in?
(a) Ulapur.
(b) Atchutapuram.
(c) Markapur.
(d) Hindupur.

3. Where do Mini and the narrator live?
(a) Varanasi.
(b) Hyderabad.
(c) Bengaluru.
(d) Calcutta.

4. What animal does Raicharan pretend to be while playing with the little boy?
(a) Goat.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dog.
(d) Elephant.

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

6. How is autumn described by the narrator?
(a) As being a time to think on one's blessings.
(b) As being the most melancholic of seasons.
(c) As being the time of year when kings once went forth to conquest.
(d) As being the best weather in which to write.

7. Where is the postmaster from?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Jaipur.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Delhi.

8. What color is the waist-coat that Anukul buys for the boy?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

9. What did the postmaster have to console himself with that Ratan lacked?
(a) A brother.
(b) A warm coat.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Money.

10. In "The Child's Return," what does the boy point to from his go-cart?
(a) A man in a boat.
(b) A kadamba tree.
(c) A mango tree.
(d) A colorful bird.

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

12. What does Ratan do for the postmaster on his last morning in the village?
(a) Packs his bags.
(b) Cooks his breakfast.
(c) Cleans his travel shoes.
(d) Prepares his bath.

13. What does the the postmaster start to teach Ratan?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Alphabet.

14. When would Rahman return to his country?
(a) During the late-spring.
(b) After the floods receded.
(c) Once his money ran out.
(d) In mid-January.

15. What toy does Raicharan buy for his son?
(a) Go-cart.
(b) Bow and arrow.
(c) Wooden horse.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Anukul a magistrate?

2. What does Phailna say that Raicharan should receive?

3. How does Anukul receive Raicharan when he sees him for the first time in years?

4. In what way is Raicharan's boy similar to the missing child?

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

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