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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 comes every day after sunset in Chapter 6?

2. Which of the families in the Khodadad Building has five young children?

3. Where does Gustad's chicken live?

4. With what does Gustad threaten to beat Sohrab in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Gustad buy meat, as did his father before him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dilnavaz doing when she "touches wood"?

2. How does Ghulam Mohammed know Major Bilimoria, and what type of relationship do they have?

3. Describe the bhaiya's job.

4. How does Gustad's grandmother cook chicken?

5. Why does Dinshawji have bad breath, and what treatments has he tried in the past? What treatment does he use now?

6. As Dilnavaz becomes more desperate to take the evil spell off of Sohrab, what does she do to Tehmul in Chapter 10?

7. Why is Dilnavaz upset that Gustad took tea with Ghulam Mohammed at the bookstall?

8. What causes the crowd surrounding Gustad's accident to come to a heated debate with regard to the water seller?

9. What happens to Miss Kutpitia's brother and nephew, and how does it affect Miss Kutpitia?

10. What happens to Gustad's father's property, and what parts of it remain in Gustad's care?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the symbolic value that the doll contains for Roshan and for Tehmul.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between character and plot in the conflict between Gustad and Sohrab.

Essay Topic 3

What role does Tehmul play in the story? Is he an important character? Is he aware of the part he plays in the interactions between various characters? Explain your answers, citing examples from the novel.

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