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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Korshedbai carry at the back of her mind?
(a) Pigeons being fed by her husband.
(b) Her bird in the cage.
(c) A flock of crows pecking something dead.
(d) Kashmira in her apartment.

2. Who is the foremost "flicker" amongst the schoolboys in "The Collectors"?
(a) Patla.
(b) Jehangir.
(c) Eric.
(d) Pesi.

3. What does Daulat discover between the bedpost and the floor as she sprays for bedbugs?
(a) A Tik-20 can.
(b) An Ostermilk tin.
(c) Bedbugs.
(d) Cockroaches.

4. What does Ardesar utter after watching Kordshedbai smear dog feces on the neighbor's door?
(a) Forgive her.
(b) Forgive me, please.
(c) Oh my!
(d) Troubles, troubles.

5. What does Kersi use his cricket bat for now?
(a) Killing rats.
(b) Punishing students.
(c) Practice.
(d) Nothing at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vera?

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

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

4. What subject is Nariman's first story of the evening about?

5. What infection does Kersi suffer the last night before his flight to Toronto?

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