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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops the ghost from visiting, according to Jaakaylee?
(a) Her confession to the priest.
(b) The noises she makes to scare it.
(c) The cockroaches.
(d) Cajetan.

2. What has Kersi wanted to do ever since primary school?
(a) Play serious cricket.
(b) Learn to fly aeroplanes.
(c) Teach cricket to students.
(d) Be a coach for a cricket team.

3. What volunteer organization does Rustomji have good remembrances of?
(a) The Times of India Organization.
(b) Sisters of Charity.
(c) The Social Service League.
(d) The Peace Corps.

4. Why does Jaakaylee sleep outside the flat after the Christmas midnight mass?
(a) It is a neighborhood custom.
(b) She has no key.
(c) The weather is always pleasant.
(d) Everyone else does it.

5. What is Daulat anxiously expecting every time her doorbell rings?
(a) Najamai.
(b) The buyer for the pugree.
(c) Sarosh-Sid.
(d) Some much-needed extra chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname for Rustomji comes as a result of something Nariman says?

2. Where do the bai and seth go when they leave Jaakaylee to watch the children for the first time?

3. In "Condolence Visit," what is Daulat's one fervent prayer?

4. What does Daulat think she could have done if she had accepted the tape recorder?

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

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