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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Alvarez ask to speak to Jehangir's parents?
(a) She wants to tell them how good Jehangir is.
(b) She wants to tell them she is quitting.
(c) Jehangir has been taking bribes as homework monitor.
(d) Jehangir is being released as homework monitor.

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

3. How much extra money does Roxana find in the budget envelopes?
(a) One hundred and eighty rupees.
(b) One hundred and twenty rupees.
(c) Forty five rupees.
(d) Sixty rupees.

4. How does Coomy prepare for her father's return from the hospital?
(a) She buys a bedpan and urinal.
(b) She hires a nurse to care for him.
(c) She buys a commode.
(d) She makes a special place for him.

5. How does Coomy hope to combat the smell of Nariman's bowel movements?
(a) She turns on his ceiling fan.
(b) She holds her nose.
(c) She makes him go outside.
(d) She opens all the windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relation are Murad and Jehangir to Nariman?

2. How do the children react to Kapur?

3. In Nariman's words, how would you complete this sentence, "the loss of home ...?

4. What relation is Roxana to Jal and Coomy?

5. Because of her many rules and constant crabbing, Nariman thinks Coomy is best suited for which of the following positions?

(see the answer key)

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