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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the plan that Yezad has developed that requires Vilas' help?
(a) To have Vilas help Yezad protect Kapur's store.
(b) To have Shiv Sena destroy all the Santa Claus displays in the stores.
(c) To have Vilas help Yezad destroy Kapur's Christmas decorations.
(d) To steal every Christmas decoration they can find.

2. What does Jal share with Yezad and Roxana after Coomy's death?
(a) Coomy's favorite recipes.
(b) News about Coomy's will.
(c) Leftovers from the funeral.
(d) Food he and Coomy had ordered.

3. What happens to Yezad when he stops at the temple and stays for prayers?
(a) He becomes confused about why he is there.
(b) He realizes he has forgotten all the prayers.
(c) He has a great feeling of peace.
(d) He realizes he no longer has a place in the temple.

4. What does Yezad tell Vilas he is troubled about?
(a) He cannot get Nariman out of his house.
(b) There are too many Christmas decorations.
(c) Kapur has given him too much responsibility.
(d) He has lost a chance at promotion.

5. Who finally helps Nariman with the urinal?
(a) Jehangir.
(b) Roxana.
(c) Yezad.
(d) Murad.

6. What does Edul say he must use to repair Nariman's room?
(a) A new wood beam.
(b) Many coats of plaster.
(c) Heavy aluminum panels.
(d) A steel girder.

7. What does Yezad do with his application papers for emigration to Canada?
(a) He tears them up.
(b) He files them for future use.
(c) He asks his lawyer to look at them.
(d) He checks them carefully and mails them.

8. What is Mr. Kapur's wife's view of public service?
(a) Service to community is for young men.
(b) Service to family is a woman's duty.
(c) Service to community comes first.
(d) Service to family comes first.

9. What does Yezad tell Jehangir that his name means?
(a) Conqueror of India.
(b) King of India.
(c) King of the world.
(d) Conqueror of the world.

10. What is Kapur's justification for not being treated like a common person?
(a) He is too well known in the community.
(b) He thinks he looks too much like a rich man.
(c) His family is not from Bombay.
(d) He does not attend the temple.

11. What kind of reception does Yezad get from Kapur's wife?
(a) She says he must never come to their house again.
(b) She is very cold toward him.
(c) She invites him to stay with them for a while.
(d) She welcomes him with open arms.

12. What does Yezad think of as he sits with Nariman in the evening?
(a) The agony Nariman is going through.
(b) The pain that Nariman is to those who care for him.
(c) He tries to visualize Nariman well.
(d) He is grateful he is not Nariman.

13. In Nariman's dream about a time when Lucy worked for another family in his building, what is Lucy doing?
(a) Singing as she cleans the apartment.
(b) Crying and threatening to quit.
(c) Crying and complaining about the heavy work load.
(d) Singing and threatening to jump.

14. What request does Nariman make of Daisy after she first plays her violin for him?
(a) That she play her violin as he goes to sleep.
(b) That she play her violin as he lies dying.
(c) That she play his favorite song over and over.
(d) That she play her violin to wake him up.

15. What does Yezad tell Kapur happened while Kapur was out getting his blood pressure checked?
(a) The Shiv Sena announced their intentions to remove all Christmas decorations.
(b) Two men from Shiv Sena came by and threatened him.
(c) Yezad paid the Shiv Sena to leave Kapur alone.
(d) Yezad promised that Kapur would remove the Christmas decorations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much extra money does Roxana find in the budget envelopes?

2. How do the children react to Kapur?

3. Why does Nariman become agitated when Jal leaves after having dinner with the Chenoy family?

4. What message does Mrs. Kapur have for Yezad when he meets her at the store?

5. What does Roxana smell on Yezad when he comes home one evening?

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