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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Roxana check on Nariman while he sleeps?
(a) She thinks he called her name.
(b) She wants to be sure he is breathing.
(c) She thinks he needs help.
(d) She thinks she hears him coughing.

2. What does Nariman offer to do to help Jehangir?
(a) To help him make the beds.
(b) To help with homework.
(c) To help him clean the kitchen.
(d) To help fix a meal.

3. What is Kapur's first step to becoming more like the common people?
(a) He gives his expensive clothes away.
(b) He sells his watch.
(c) He sells his car.
(d) He buys a train pass.

4. What does Jehangir have to do after putting old and wrinkled money in the budget envelopes?
(a) Ask his mother to double check the envelopes.
(b) Wash his hands.
(c) Carefully seal the envelopes.
(d) He is not required to do anything.

5. In Nariman's words, how would you complete this sentence, "the loss of home ...?
(a) ...creates a huge empty space."
(b) ...leaves an emptiness that can never be filled."
(c) ...leave a hole that is too big to fill."
(d) ,,,leaves a hole that can never be filled."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Roxana's first action for Nariman after he arrives at her home?

2. Why does Yezad not want Kapur to pay the Shiv Sena?

3. What does Yezad borrow from their neighbor Villie Cardmaster?

4. What are Yezad's plans for Nariman when Nariman's time with the Chenoys is over?

5. What does Yezad do with his application papers for emigration to Canada?

(see the answer key)

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