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

2. What does Venu feed to the fish in the garden?
(a) Chopped peas.
(b) Puffed rice.
(c) Lettuce leaves.
(d) Breakfast leftovers.

3. What does the mustached stranger ask Phatik?
(a) Who he stole the wooden bird from.
(b) Where the Chakravartis live.
(c) Why he is wading in the water.
(d) When the boat will arive.

4. When does the carriage driver stop to shake Haralal?
(a) When the police stop them.
(b) When his shift is over.
(c) At one o'clock.
(d) When Haralal's coin has run out.

5. Who brings Haralal into the house to see Adharlal?
(a) A servant.
(b) Venu.
(c) Nanibala.
(d) Ratikanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Haralal leave his manager's office?

2. In "Once There Was a King," what does the queen cook for the king?

3. What does Venu tell Haralal that he wants to become?

4. In "Once There Was a King," what does the Brahman's son eventually say to the princess?

5. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess find when she goes to tell the Brahman's son the truth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Phatik's mother react when he wants to go to Calcutta?

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

5. How does Venu react to Haralal leaving?

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

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

8. What favour does Venu ask of Haralal, and why does Haralal say no?

9. How do things initially go for Haralal at his new job?

10. How do Venu and Haralal initally get along?

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