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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 Tehmina constantly smell of?

2. Where do the bai and seth go when they leave Jaakaylee to watch the children for the first time?

3. What does the bai do when she sees Jaakaylee on the balcony upon returning home late at night?

4. In the story, "Auspicious Occasion," what does Rustomji do for a living?

5. What is Daulat anxiously expecting every time her doorbell rings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Kersi's parents think of the friendship between Kersi and Francis?

2. When and why does the bhoot stop the visits to Jaakaylee?

3. What leads Tehmina to believe that Francis is much stronger than his slight body build shows?

4. What drives Dr. Mody to slap Pesi in front of the boy of Firozsha Baag at play?

5. How does Mrs. Mody feel about Jehangir's visits to her home on Sunday mornings?

6. Why does Jehangir get involved with Eric?

7. How is it insinuated in "Auspicious Occasion" that Mehroo's parents might have made a better choice for her than marrying her off to Rustomji?

8. What is life like for an ayah?

9. Why, when the Firozsha Baag gets a new paint job, is the exterior of every flat painted except Rustomji's?

10. Why does Dr. Mody become close with Jehangir, treating him like a son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Jehangir's interest in the exercisers on the nighttime playground? How does he relate this voyeurism to his youth?

Essay Topic 2

In the story, "Lend Me Your Light," Kersi wonders, "What would it take to light the lantern in (Jamshed's)...soul?" Explain the meaning of his musing.

Essay Topic 3

Within the story, "Swimming Lessons," Father tells Mother not to confuse fact with fiction or vice versa. What is his point? How does madness become a result of this?

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