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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 does Haralal leave for Venu when he resigns?
(a) Music box.
(b) Wooden bird.
(c) Book of stories.
(d) Bowl of goldfish.

2. What types of stories does Haralal tell Venu?
(a) From his favourite Calcutta-based author.
(b) From 1,001 Nights and Charles Dickens.
(c) From Greek history and Victor Hugo romances.
(d) From the Puranas.

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

4. When he gets back from the jetty, what does Haralal tell his mother he has been doing?
(a) Taking his exercise.
(b) Searching for Venu the thief.
(c) Running an errand for his manager.
(d) Bringing home a bride.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Once There Was a King," how old is the narrator at the time of the story?

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

3. What is Phatik doing when the mustached stranger approaches him?

4. What does Phatik not give to his brother?

5. What does Venu feed to the fish in the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Haralal feeling so bad when the carriage picks him up after he has walked around Calcutta?

2. What does Phatik's aunt think of him moving in?

3. How does Phatik's aunt react when he loses his lesson book?

4. How does Nanibala feel about Venu's relationship with his tutor?

5. How does the king react to first seeing his daughter after 12 years?

6. How does Venu react to Haralal leaving?

7. What does the narrator wish upon hearing about the Brahman's son marrying the princess?

8. What happens when the other children at the boy's school ask him about the princess?

9. What happens when Phatik is taken to his mother's house?

10. What does the narrator of "Once There was a King" say that children did not need to know?

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