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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. What message does Mrs. Kapur have for Yezad when he meets her at the store?
(a) The store is closed and he must clear out his things.
(b) She offers to sell the store to Yezad.
(c) Only Yezad can learn to run the store as Kapur did.
(d) The store is closed, but he is needed to do inventory.

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

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

4. 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 his favorite song over and over.
(c) That she play her violin as he lies dying.
(d) That she play her violin to wake him up.

5. What request does Jehangir make one evening as he is having supper with his family?
(a) To change his religion.
(b) To leave school.
(c) To change his name.
(d) To leave home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kapur's justification for not being treated like a common person?

2. What does Yezad tell Vilas he is troubled about?

3. What happens to Yezad when he stops at the temple and stays for prayers?

4. What proposition does Jal make to Yezad and Roxana?

5. What is Mr. Kapur's wife's view of public service?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yezad's plan to coerce Kapur to run for municipal council backfire?

2. What are Mr. Kapur's wife's reasons for not wanting him to run for public office?

3. What does Yezad ask Vilas to do about the Christmas decorations, and what is Vilas' reaction?

4. What effect has acting as homework monitor had on Jehangir?

5. What happens to Yezad's work situation after Kapur's death?

6. What does Yezad learn when he calls Mr. Kapur to say he will not be in to work because of Coomy's death?

7. What are some of Yezad's thoughts and actions in Chapter 15 that show he is changing?

8. When Yezad wakes up during the night with chest pains, what does he attribute the cause to?

9. What changes in behavior does Kapur make in order to become more like the common people?

10. Describe why both Roxana and Yezad are puzzled about the amount of money in the budget envelopes.

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