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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yezad get to work?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By foot.

2. What does Miss Alvarez think of the position of homework monitor?
(a) It illustrates honesty.
(b) It illustrates responsibility.
(c) It illustrates maturity.
(d) It illustrates good citizenship.

3. Why can Husain only work part time?
(a) He is a victim of earlier riots.
(b) He has another job.
(c) He is physically challenged.
(d) He goes to school.

4. What type of school do Murad and Jehangir attend?
(a) A prep school.
(b) An English-style school.
(c) A private boys' school.
(d) A public school.

5. What happens as the Chenoys wait at the bus stop?
(a) They are accosted by a pair of drunks.
(b) Roxana is abducted.
(c) Yezad is beaten and robbed.
(d) Murad and Jehangir get in a fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vilas tell Yezad it is in his best interest to remain honest?

2. Which of the following seems most sensitive to Nariman's needs?

3. What does Coomy use to clean Nariman's teeth?

4. What argument does Coomy use to leave Nariman at Roxana's house a while longer?

5. According to Coomy, who is supposed to inherit Chateau Felicity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Nariman's arrival changes things for the Chenoy family.

2. Describe Roxana's relationship with Coomy and Jal.

3. Describe the ways in which Roxana, Jehangir, and Yezad react to Nariman's presence in their home.

4. Nariman is well known in the Bombay medical community. What evidence is there that his opinion is valued?

5. Describe the relationship between Nariman and Jehangir.

6. What is the significance of Yezad's visit to Villie Cardmaster?

7. What is one of Coomy's worst fears and how is it realized?

8. Describe Nariman's relationship with his grandsons.

9. What does Roxana do with the plaster the doctor removes from Nariman's cast, and why is it significant to the rest of the story?

10. What type of person is Coomy?

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