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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Venu wearing that seems unusual to Haralal?
(a) Parsee coat and trousers with jewelry.
(b) His father's clothing.
(c) English suit and hat.
(d) Bengali dress.

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

3. What does Venu tell Haralal that he wants to become?
(a) A cricketeer.
(b) A professor.
(c) A barrister.
(d) A writer.

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

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

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

7. Why does Adharlal tell Haralal to find somewhere else to live?
(a) An argument with Nanibala.
(b) A theft in the house.
(c) The tutor's unpleasant habits.
(d) A need to save money.

8. Who knocks at Haralal's door, warning him that they will miss the train?
(a) His managar.
(b) A servant from his manager's office.
(c) His mother.
(d) Adharlal.

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

10. What does Haralal dream of after locking away the currency bags?
(a) Losing his employer's money.
(b) Drowning in the bay.
(c) Moving to England.
(d) Being reproached by Venu's mother.

11. 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.

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

13. How old is Phatik?
(a) 14.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

14. Where does Bishambar live?
(a) Chandernagore.
(b) Chandipur.
(c) England.
(d) Calcutta.

15. 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 visitor from Barrackpore.
(c) His manager's servant.
(d) A chuprassi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phatik lose?

2. What does Venu ask Haralal to keep until he asks for it again?

3. What does Haralal leave for Venu when he resigns?

4. What does Haralal do when his salary is raised to 40 rupees a month?

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

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