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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Rustomji that angers him when he departs the A-1 bus?
(a) He is put to the back of the line.
(b) He discovers the leaky toilet water is still on him.
(c) Someone spits tobacco juice on him.
(d) The conductor yells at him for not going upstairs.

2. What does Daulat think she could have done if she had accepted the tape recorder?
(a) Have Minocher speak his last words.
(b) Listen to the music she loves.
(c) Have friends tape their last words to Minocher.
(d) Record the details of Minocher's illness.

3. What does Kersi do that surprises Daddy?
(a) He stops to read the comics.
(b) He cuts all of Daddy's hair.
(c) He says he wants to quit cricket.
(d) He curses Tehmina.

4. Why is it that Khorshedbai does not get rid of her noisy bangles in "The Paying Guests?"
(a) Not to offend Ardessar.
(b) For the money they are worth.
(c) The elegent look they give her.
(d) They announce her presence.

5. Why does Rustomji shout at the boys of Firozsha Baag?
(a) For not fixing his toilet.
(b) For robbing apartments.
(c) For playing cricket there.
(d) For getting plaster in his bathtub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kersi doing as Silloo divides her meat up for the freezer?

2. What is Gajra notorious for?

3. How does the Portuguese woman gather her apartment-building news in "Swimming Lessons?"

4. Why are there so many calendars hanging in Kersi's house?

5. What is Sarosh's tone when he promises at a party to return to Bombay in ten years if he is not fully Canadian by then?

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