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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the waist-coat that Anukul buys for the boy?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

2. What does Raicharan blame for the boy's disappearance?
(a) God.
(b) The mother's suspicion.
(c) His own inattention.
(d) The river's violence.

3. What is Anukul's wife doing when Raicharan visits their house?
(a) Praying for her missing son.
(b) Cursing Raicharan.
(c) Playing with her daughter.
(d) Buying a herb meant to ensure the birth of a child.

4. What does Rahman carry as a reminder of his daughter?
(a) A photo of the two of them.
(b) An impression of her hand.
(c) A note that she wrote to him.
(d) A drawing of her face.

5. According to what Mini was told, what animal makes it rain?
(a) Heron.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Whale.
(d) Elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Child's Return," what is the master's boy named?

2. What do the river's wavelets remind the boy of?

3. Where does Raicharan move for Phailna to go to school?

4. What does the Cabuliwallah have on his head?

5. In "The Child's Return," by the banks of what river is Anukul transferred to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What friendships does the postmaster have?

2. How does Anukul react to Raicharan's claim that Phailna is his son?

3. What do Rahman and Mini do together?

4. What is the narrator's first impression of Rahman?

5. What do the students at Phailna's hostel think of Raicharan?

6. What does the boy want at the side of the river?

7. How does Mini's mother feel about Rahman?

8. Why does Raicharan believe his baby is his little master reborn?

9. What amazes Raicharan about the baby?

10. How does Raicharan react to the birth of his son?

(see the answer keys)

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