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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. Why doesn't Percy want to return to Bombay when Kersi returns for a visit?

2. At the end of "Squatter," what tale does Nariman agree to tell the next time?

3. What does Korshedbai end up taking from Kashmira?

4. What does Jehangir plan on telling Behroze when he visits her while her parents and Shanti are gone?

5. Why would Tehmina curse anyone who passes in front of her early in the morning as she faces the rising sun?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jehangir explain to the boys the manner in which Nariman tells his stories?

2. Why does Kersi remember the word ghati with shame?

3. What are Percy's and the others' feelings when Jamshed returns to visit Bombay and takes them to an expensive restaurant?

4. What is Jehangir's status with the boys of Firozsha Baag by the time of the Squatter story?

5. Why does Jehangir stop going to the Hanging Gardens?

6. How does Kersi's family hide the crumbling walls in the apartment?

7. Why does Daddy stop taking the boys to play cricket at maidaan?

8. What problem does Boman have with taking Mr Karani's advice to not take in paying guests?

9. Why is it that Khorshedbai's husband, Ardesar, does not question his wife's disgusting actions against the landlord?

10. Why does Kersi want to cry at the end of the story, "Of White Hairs and Cricket?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story "Of White Hairs and Cricket", the character, Kersi, has difficulty showing some of his emotions. What lesson is there to be learned by the reader by the end of the story? What does the author attempt to convey through Kersi's character?

Essay Topic 2

What theme does the story, "The Collectors," revolve around? Explain using quotes from the story to back up your theory.

Essay Topic 3

By the end of "The Collectors," Dr. Mody's stamps lay in a trunk under Jehangir's bed, being eaten and destroyed by cockroaches and vermin. What does the trunk full of worthless stamps symbolize? Why does Jehangir feel a sense of relief at the discovery of the stamps' demise?

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