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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lend Me Your Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brave thing did Kersi do on the cricket field one day?
(a) Scored ten times.
(b) Block a shot with his bare skin.
(c) Quit playing cricket.
(d) Ran in the blistering sun.

2. In Kersi's imagined morality play while watching a crowd in Bombay, what does the train represent?
(a) Vice.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Reality.
(d) Apathy.

3. What does Daddy make Kersi do for him every Sunday?
(a) Pull out his white hairs.
(b) Look for a job.
(c) Call for Viraf.
(d) Play cricket.

4. Why would Tehmina curse anyone who passes in front of her early in the morning as she faces the rising sun?
(a) They would pollute her prayers.
(b) She is grumpy in the morning.
(c) They would block the sunlight.
(d) She might trip over them.

5. What does Jaakaylee want the bai to purchase in order to make life easier?
(a) A motorcar.
(b) A video machine.
(c) A masala machine.
(d) A vacuum cleaner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kersi learn to do with his best friend, Viraf?

2. in "Lend Me Your Light," what do tiffin carriers deliver to the school?

3. Which voice is the story, "The Ghost of Firozsha Baag," written in?

4. What is Percy's main interest in India?

5. What is a bhoot?

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