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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. How old is Mini at the start of the story?
(a) 8.
(b) 13.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. What animal do Mini and Rahman joke about?
(a) Kitten.
(b) Crow.
(c) Ox.
(d) Elephant.

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

4. What does the postmaster do to try to pass the time?
(a) Write verse.
(b) Painting.
(c) Card games.
(d) Fishing.

5. In "The Child's Return," by the banks of what river is Anukul transferred to?
(a) Brahmaputra.
(b) Tapi.
(c) Padma.
(d) Mahanadi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mini's mother like?

2. What does the postmaster tell Ratan about?

3. What does Raicharan blame for the boy's disappearance?

4. What is your father-in-law's house a euphemism for?

5. What does the postmaster do once he has recovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mini initially react to Rahman?

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

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

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

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

6. How is Mini's personality initially described?

7. What is the result of Rahman's final visit to Mini's house?

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

9. How does Raicharan's situation change when Anukul gets married?

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

(see the answer keys)

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