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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Phatik doing when the mustached stranger approaches him?
(a) Nibbling grass.
(b) Pretending to fish.
(c) Singing to himself.
(d) Skipping stones.

2. What does Haralal's firm buy from the countryside?
(a) Goat milk.
(b) Rice and dal.
(c) Grapes and almonds.
(d) Coal.

3. In "Once There Was a King," does the narrator's tutor arrive to give his lesson?
(a) Yes, and he teaches him as normal.
(b) No, he is busy and apologizes the next day.
(c) No, the weather keeps him away
(d) Yes, but the narrator's mother sends him away.

4. What convinces Adharlal to hire Haralal?
(a) The prospect of a cheap tutor.
(b) Venu's enthusiasm for Haralal.
(c) Something special in Haralal's manner.
(d) Haralal's impressive credentials.

5. Who arrives in the middle of the brothers' fight?
(a) Their uncle.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) Their father.
(d) The postmaster.

6. In "The Home-Coming," who is the ringleader of the boys in the village?
(a) Bishambar.
(b) Phatik.
(c) Makhan.
(d) Phailna.

7. What does Phatik say when he opens his eyes to see his mother?
(a) That the doctor is not to be trusted.
(b) That he wants to come home.
(c) That the holidays have come.
(d) That the water is too deep.

8. When does the carriage driver stop to shake Haralal?
(a) When Haralal's coin has run out.
(b) When the police stop them.
(c) At one o'clock.
(d) When his shift is over.

9. Who is Haralal's mother?
(a) The daughter of a construction worker.
(b) A widow.
(c) A renowned poet.
(d) The woman who had cared for Adharlal when he was a small boy.

10. According to the "Once There Was a King" narrator, what is the attitude of modern readers?
(a) Credulous and gullible.
(b) Dismissive and disdainful.
(c) Critical and suspicious.
(d) Overly excitable.

11. When Haralal is wandering through Calcutta, who asks him about the address on an envelope?
(a) A man who used to be in one of his classes.
(b) A chuprassi.
(c) His manager's servant.
(d) A visitor from Barrackpore.

12. Where does Venu wish to go?
(a) Japan.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Argentina.

13. Where does Venu's family have a garden house?
(a) Gadiara.
(b) Barrackpore.
(c) Bhatpara.
(d) Calcutta.

14. Who finds Phatik when he runs away?
(a) His mother.
(b) Two constables.
(c) His uncle.
(d) A fisherman.

15. In "Once There Was a King," what is the narrator's excuse for skipping his lesson?
(a) Dog bite.
(b) Rain.
(c) Headache.
(d) Special occasion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Haralal's mother want to make dinner for?

2. What does Bishambar offer?

3. How does Makhan interfere with the planned prank?

4. In "Once There Was a King," where was the narrator living when the fairy story began?

5. Whose presence does Haralal perceive as he sits in the carriage?

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