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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to help Nariman when he asks for the urinal?

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

3. How do Coomy and Edul Munshi die?

4. Why is the store closed when Yezad returns to work the day after Coomy's funeral?

5. What does Yezad think of as he sits with Nariman in the evening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens with Kapur and the children when Kapur puts on his Santa costume?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author of Family Matters uses flashback to fill in parts of the story. Through whose eyes do we experience the flashbacks and how are they important to the story? Do the flashbacks help you learn any more about the character than what the front story tells? Is this a useful technique to employ in this story? Why/why not?

Essay Topic 2

When using the good china for Murad's birthday reminds the family that one of Nariman's beliefs was that people should "take pleasure in the beautiful things to defeat the sadness and sorrow of life." How did Nariman live up to that belief? Did any other characters in the story follow his lead? How is that philosophy revealed throughout the story?

Essay Topic 3

Briefly research the history of Bombay/Mumbai and tell how the social struggle over the name change compares to the struggles within the Vakeel and Chenoy families.

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