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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Exercises.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kashmira make a comment about a pretty foreign stamp on Khorshedbai's letter?
(a) She collects stamps and wants it.
(b) To discover how wealthy the woman might be.
(c) To see if Khorshedbai is going to travel.
(d) For a clue as to who the writer is.

2. Why does Dr. Mody earn the respect of the people of the Baag?
(a) He keeps Pesi in line.
(b) He keeps the cats in the yard safe.
(c) He gets all a rent decrease.
(d) He deals well with management issues.

3. What does Nariman do to ensure that Jehangir will hear the rest of the Sarosh story?
(a) He promises to finish it the next day.
(b) He finishes the story quickly.
(c) He records it on a cassette tape.
(d) He goes to his apartment to tell it to him.

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 block the sunlight.
(b) She might trip over them.
(c) She is grumpy in the morning.
(d) They would pollute her prayers.

5. What does Mr. Karani warn Boman about?
(a) Difficulties of eviction.
(b) Raising the rent.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Wording the apartment ad correctly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Mody do to reward Jehangir for collecting new stamps?

2. Who is the foremost "flicker" amongst the schoolboys in "The Collectors"?

3. What music passes through Daulat's mind as she remembers going to a concert with Minocher?

4. What did Daulat's grandmother's death inadvertently introduce to several boys in the Baag?

5. What new game does Pesi invent in Firozsha Baag?

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