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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Venu say that his father is planning to do?

2. What does Haralal find in the canvas money bags?

3. In "Once There Was a King," what are the narrator's mother and grandmother doing when the narrator finds them?

4. In "The Home-Coming," who is the ringleader of the boys in the village?

5. In "Once There Was a King," what does the princess make for her young husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Haralal do when he finds the money missing and reads the letter from Venu?

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

4. What did narrator hope would happen on the evening when the story started?

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

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

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

8. What happens when the manager confronts Haralal about the missing money?

9. What happens when Hanalal takes Venu's letter and ornaments to Adharlal?

10. How do Venu and Haralal initally get along?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A number of Tagore's stories feature figures (tutors, servants, etc) who enter the household and have a great impact on those within it. Select two examples and compare how Tagore uses them to advance the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

Use examples from three of Tagore's stories to analyze how the concept of fate informs his narratives.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of innocence in "The Cabuliwallah." How does the story engage with this theme, and how is the theme important to the narrative?

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