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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. Who plays with Raicharan's son?
(a) The boy's aunt.
(b) All the boys in the village.
(c) Tanvir.
(d) Raicharan.

2. What does the baby call Raicharan, in "The Child's Return,"?
(a) Ra-na.
(b) Dan-na.
(c) Chan-na.
(d) Ba-ba.

3. What is the name of Raicharan's boy?
(a) Phailna.
(b) Rahman.
(c) Anukul.
(d) Ratan.

4. What does Ratan do for the postmaster on his last morning in the village?
(a) Prepares his bath.
(b) Packs his bags.
(c) Cleans his travel shoes.
(d) Cooks his breakfast.

5. What toy does Raicharan buy for his son?
(a) Bow and arrow.
(b) Wooden horse.
(c) Go-cart.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mini's mother like?

2. What does the the postmaster start to teach Ratan?

3. What is the narrator doing when Rahman is arrested?

4. According to what Mini was told, what animal makes it rain?

5. What does Raicharan tell his mistress that her son will be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the missing boy's parents react?

2. How is Mini's personality initially described?

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

4. What does the postmaster think about as he is leaving?

5. What do Ratan and the postmaster talk about?

6. What do Rahman and Mini do together?

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

8. How does Mini change as she grows older?

9. What does Anukul buy for his son?

10. How does Mini initially react to Rahman?

(see the answer keys)

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