The lost child

What kind of people did Mulk Raj Anand often write about?

• A) Kings and warriors

• B) Wealthy businessmen

• C) Poor and oppressed people

• D) Scientists and inventors

Which language did Anand

choose to write in, despite India

being under British rule?

• A) Hindi

• B) Punjabi

• C) Urdu

• D) English

What is one of the central

messages in "The Lost Child"?

• A) Children should never go to

  fairs

• B) Material things lose value in

  the face of love and loss

• C) Strangers are always

  dangerous

• D) Parents should never take

  their eyes off their children

What emotion does the story

primarily highlight?

• A)Excitement

• B) Anger

• C) Fear and longing

• D) Surprise

What does the child desire most

before he gets lost?

• A) A book

• B) A balloon

• C) A ride on the roundabout

• D) A new outfit

Which character offers help

after the child is lost?

• A) His friend

• B) A stranger

• C) A policeman

• D) His teacher

What quality does the stranger

show in the story?

• A) Anger

• B) Curiosity

• C) Kindness

• D) Indifference

What distracts the child

repeatedly as he walks through

the fair with his parents?

• A) Loud music

• B) Bright-colored toys and

  attractions

• C) His school friends

• D) The smell of food

How do the parents react

whenever the child stops to look

at something?

• A) They buy it for him

• B) They ignore him

• C) They call him to keep up and

  move ahead

• D) They scold him

What changes in the child's

behavior after he realizes he is

lost?

• A) He gets excited to explore on

  his own

• B) He becomes silent and runs

  home

• C) He cries and desperately

  searches for his parents

• D) He goes to the police station

  by himself