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

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

6. What does Ratan not ask when he tells her that he is leaving?
(a) When will he come back?
(b) Will he take her with him?
(c) Where is he going?
(d) Who will replace him?

7. What does the postmaster do once he has recovered?
(a) He has Ratan send a message to his friend.
(b) He writes his will.
(c) He writes an application for transfer.
(d) He decides to arrange for better housing in the village.

8. 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 best weather in which to write.
(d) As being the time of year when kings once went forth to conquest.

9. What does Phailna say that Raicharan should receive?
(a) A beating.
(b) A room in the house.
(c) A prison sentence.
(d) A monthly pension.

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

11. In what way is Raicharan's boy similar to the missing child?
(a) His hands.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His behavior.
(d) His appetite.

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

13. In "The Child's Return," by the banks of what river is Anukul transferred to?
(a) Brahmaputra.
(b) Padma.
(c) Tapi.
(d) Mahanadi.

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

15. In "The Child's Return," what service does the master's boy enter after college?
(a) Military.
(b) Medical.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Postal.