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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Mini at the start of the story?
(a) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

2. What do the village children call Phailna?
(a) Horse boy.
(b) Your Lordship.
(c) The Little Prince.
(d) The orphan.

3. What is the narrator doing when Rahman is arrested?
(a) Writing the 18th chapter.
(b) Correcting proof-sheets.
(c) Planning a household event.
(d) Drinking tea.

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

5. What is the name of Raicharan's boy?
(a) Phailna.
(b) Ratan.
(c) Rahman.
(d) Anukul.

6. In "The Cabuliwallah," what is the name of the hero in the narrator's novel?
(a) Phatik.
(b) Venu.
(c) Pratap.
(d) Ratan.

7. What does Ratan do for the postmaster in the evening?
(a) Bring him his fish.
(b) Write the letters he dictates.
(c) Wash his suit.
(d) Light his pipe.

8. What does Raicharan tell his mistress that her son will be?
(a) A banker.
(b) A poet.
(c) An actor.
(d) A judge.

9. What is your father-in-law's house a euphemism for?
(a) Afterlife.
(b) Kabul.
(c) Jail.
(d) Farm.

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

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

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

13. Who looks after Raicharan's baby boy when he is first born?
(a) The baby's mother.
(b) The baby's father.
(c) The baby's aunt.
(d) The baby's uncle.

14. What does the postmaster do to try to pass the time?
(a) Card games.
(b) Write verse.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Painting.

15. What does Raicharan blame for the boy's disappearance?
(a) His own inattention.
(b) The mother's suspicion.
(c) God.
(d) The river's violence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Raicharan move for Phailna to go to school?

3. What does Rahman carry as a reminder of his daughter?

4. What village is the postmaster working in?

5. What does the Cabuliwallah have on his head?

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