2. What does the mustached stranger ask Phatik?
(a) When the boat will arive.
(b) Who he stole the wooden bird from.
(c) Why he is wading in the water.
(d) Where the Chakravartis live.

3. In "Once There Was a King," who does the king decide to marry his daughter to?
(a) A Brahman's son who is out gathering sticks.
(b) A wealthy merchant.
(c) A young warrior with a scar on his cheek.
(d) A mysterious youth with a peacock feather.

4. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess find when she goes to tell the Brahman's son the truth?
(a) He has run from the palace.
(b) He has been bitten by a serpent.
(c) He is already sleeping.
(d) He has been replaced by an imposter.

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

6. In "Once There Was a King," what does the Brahman's son float down the river on?
(a) Father's boat.
(b) Mango leaf.
(c) Bamboo raft.
(d) Banana stem.

7. Who is Ratikanta?
(a) Adharlal's protégé.
(b) A rice merchant.
(c) Adharlal's uncle.
(d) The new tutor.

8. What does Haralal's manager say is the worst aspect of the loss?
(a) Distrust of investors.
(b) Disruption of rice purchases.
(c) Harm to Haralal's career.
(d) Shame upon himself.

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

10. Where does Haralal tell the carriage driver he wants to go?
(a) His manager's office.
(b) Barrackpore.
(c) His home, where his mother is waiting.
(d) Nowhere.

11. What does Phatik imagine he is doing in his sleep?
(a) Running through a muddy field.
(b) Calling out the water depth.
(c) Fishing with his brother.
(d) Fighting with Makhan.

12. Whose presence does Haralal perceive as he sits in the carriage?
(a) Venu's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Nanibala's.
(d) His father's

13. In "Once There Was a King," what are the narrator's mother and grandmother doing when the narrator finds them?
(a) Drinking tea.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Gossiping about a relative.
(d) Reading the newspaper.

14. In "Once There Was a King," what decision does the king make at his dinner with the queen?
(a) He will marry his daughter to the first man he sees upon leaving the palace.
(b) He will attack the castle of his treacherous brother.
(c) He will hold a grand tournament for the hand of his daughter.
(d) He will go back to the forest and never return.

15. In "Once There Was a King," what does the king do to obtain a son?
(a) Demand that the queen produce a boy.
(b) Plot to kidnap a boy from the village.
(c) Practise austerities in the forest.
(d) Consult a wise man.