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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 is Kapur's reaction when Yezad asks for an advance?
(a) He tells Yezad he will have to work for it.
(b) He grants the advance without question.
(c) He tells Yezad that if he gets an advance he will have to accept more responsibility.
(d) He does not bother to answer Yezad.

2. How does Roxana react when Yezad tells her he has lost all their money?
(a) She forgives him.
(b) She is stunned and cannot speak.
(c) She makes him try to get it back.
(d) She makes him leave the house.

3. How does Mrs. Kapur act when Yezad asks about his Christmas present from Mr. Kapur?
(a) She says Yezad is fortunate to have had such a good boss.
(b) She says if Yezad can find it he can have it.
(c) She says Yezad must have been mistaken about Kapur's intention.
(d) She says he would never give such a valuable gift.

4. What does Yezad do when he comes to the fires temple?
(a) He crosses the street to avoid it.
(b) He watches people file in for services.
(c) He goes in to pray.
(d) He watches a man pray then leaves.

5. What is Yezad's explanation for the extra money?
(a) He tells Roxana she must have miscounted.
(b) He says he has worked overtime.
(c) He admits to playing Matka.
(d) He says maybe Mr. Kapur paid him extra commissions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Kapur's first step to becoming more like the common people?

3. What does Jehangir have to do after putting old and wrinkled money in the budget envelopes?

4. What arrives at Kapur's store that he get all excited about?

5. What does Yezad do when Vilas tries to tell him about one of his recent clients?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What can we learn about the relationship between Roxana and Yezad when Yezad tells Roxana he lost their money playing Matka?

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

6. Why does Jal take money from his account and go to visit Roxana?

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

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

9. How does Jal try to placate Edul Munshi's wife while Edul finishes the work in Jal and Coomy's apartment?

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

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