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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. Why does Yezad go to the store where he works on Christmas day?
(a) To work overtime on the holiday.
(b) To help Kapur play Santa.
(c) To return a tool he had borrowed.
(d) To return the money he took.

2. Why does Yezad have trouble finding another job?
(a) No one wants a person with Yezad's experience.
(b) Yezad is too old to find another job.
(c) Yezad has a reputation as a trouble maker.
(d) No one wants someone connected with a murder.

3. What two things bring Yezad comfort as the story nears its end?
(a) Work and family.
(b) Work and the temple
(c) Family and the temple.
(d) Family and friends.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jal share with Yezad and Roxana after Coomy's death?

2. What does Yezad do when he comes to the fires temple?

3. What upsets the inspector most about the Parsi community?

4. What kind of reception does Yezad get from Kapur's wife?

5. What is the good omen that Roxana sees as the family leaves Pleasant Villa?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. As the family leaves Pleasant Villa for the last time, Roxana and Jehangir look out the car window and see the same bird, but each one interprets it differently. How do Roxana and Jehangir see the bird differently?

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

6. What impact does Mr. Kapur's decision about running for municipal council have on Yezad?

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

8. In what ways do Jal and Yezad begin to act differently after Coomy and Kapur's deaths?

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

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

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