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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Tarapore's impending visit affect Nariman?
(a) He get a bad headache.
(b) He has a nervous stomach.
(c) He is worried he is not healing fast enough.
(d) He gets excited.

2. What do Coomy and Jal hear Nariman doing whenever they pass the room he stays in while his ankle heals?
(a) He is talking to himself.
(b) He is talking to Roxana.
(c) He is crying.
(d) He is complaining about his care.

3. What is Yezad's reaction to the customer's offer?
(a) He gladly accepts.
(b) He asks for time to think about it.
(c) He immediately tells his boss about the offer.
(d) He refuses.

4. How does Nariman injure his ankle?
(a) He falls into a trench.
(b) He falls down the stairs.
(c) He falls while playing a game.
(d) He falls over an unseen object.

5. At the beginning of the story, Nariman is preparing to celebrate which birthday?
(a) His seventy-seventh.
(b) His seventy-ninth.
(c) His seventy-eighth.
(d) His eightieth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yezad do when Vilas tries to tell him about one of his recent clients?

2. What is Matka?

3. When Roxana and her family arrive for dinner, what is Coomy's reaction?

4. How are Murad and Jehangir instructed to act when they arrive at Nariman's home?

5. What does Miss Alvarez think of the position of homework monitor?

(see the answer key)

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