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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bishambar offer?
(a) A job for Makhan.
(b) A monthly stipend.
(c) A go-cart.
(d) Care and education for Phatik.

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

4. In "Once There Was a King," what does the Brahman's son eventually say to the princess?
(a) That he is tired of school and its lessons.
(b) That he wants to leave the palace and return to the forest.
(c) That he has decided what he wants to be when he grows up.
(d) That if she does not tell him who she is, he will leave the palace.

5. According to his uncle, when will Phatik be able to go home?
(a) November.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) December.

6. What does Haralal tell his manager about the missing money?
(a) That he was robbed by armed bandits.
(b) That he knows who has it.
(c) That his former student has taken it to England.
(d) That he did not take it.

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

8. In "Once There Was a King," what do the queen's messengers ask the king to do?
(a) Come home to stay.
(b) Find a husband for their daughter.
(c) Come back to the palace for one night and one meal.
(d) Defend her from the evil witch.

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

10. How much money does Venu steal?
(a) 8,000 rupees.
(b) 5,000 rupess.
(c) 3,000 rupees.
(d) 1,500 rupees.

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

12. What does Phatik lose?
(a) Aunt's money.
(b) School jacket.
(c) Lesson book.
(d) Letter from his mother.

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

14. 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.

15. In "Once There Was a King," who reads the incantations?
(a) A wise woman.
(b) A magician.
(c) The princess.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Once There Was a King," does the narrator's tutor arrive to give his lesson?

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

3. In "Once There Was a King," how many years pass with the king in the forest?

4. During what part of the year does Haralal need to travel by the Saturday morning train?

5. Who brings Haralal into the house to see Adharlal?

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