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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Najamai point out to Daulat as being incorrect in her home?
(a) The lamp beside Minocher's bed is on.
(b) She is wearing the wrong colors.
(c) She has a pugree headdress on display.
(d) Music is playing.

2. What nickname for Rustomji comes as a result of something Nariman says?
(a) Rustomji-the-curmudgeon.
(b) Rustomji-at-the-ready.
(c) Penny pincher.
(d) Cheapie Rustomji.

3. Why does the sole Muslim neighbor chat with Tehmina?
(a) He is proud of her.
(b) He is in love with her.
(c) To obtain a friend.
(d) He is friends with everyone else.

4. Where do the bai and seth go when they leave Jaakaylee to watch the children for the first time?
(a) To a New Year's Eve dance.
(b) To the cinema.
(c) To midnight mass.
(d) To a neighbor's dinner party.

5. What is Pesi's single most important talent?
(a) Playing chess.
(b) Ability to improvise.
(c) Brute strength.
(d) Hawking.

6. What nickname does Pesi's ability to break wind at will earn him?
(a) Paadmaroo.
(b) Sahibji.
(c) Kuchrawalli.
(d) Bugree.

7. What religion does Jaakaylee follow?
(a) She is Catholic.
(b) She is Muslim.
(c) She is Parsi.
(d) She is Hindu.

8. Why does Jaakaylee ring the doorbell after the midnight mass?
(a) Because of the bhoot.
(b) Her body hurts.
(c) She has a nightmare.
(d) She has fallen down the steps.

9. Which special day means a lot to Mehroo?
(a) Novjote.
(b) Behram roje.
(c) Fravashi.
(d) Parsi roje.

10. Who cries out, "Help! Oh quickly! Thief!"?
(a) Francis.
(b) Najamai.
(c) Tehmina.
(d) Silloo.

11. Who is the first character introduced in the story, "One Sunday?"
(a) Najamai.
(b) Vera.
(c) Silloo.
(d) Dolly.

12. What is it that Nariman Hansotia cannot convince Rustomji to do?
(a) Treat his wife better.
(b) Replaster the inside of his apartment.
(c) Chip in money to paint the building's exterior.
(d) Hire a plumber to fix the toilet.

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

14. What did Minocher wear to Sarosh-Sid's wedding when the groom did not wish to wear it?
(a) A top hat.
(b) Silk pajamas.
(c) The pugree.
(d) A tuxedo.

15. Why does Jaakaylee leave her hometown to come to Bombay?
(a) For a job.
(b) To escape her family.
(c) To get married.
(d) To attend college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jaakaylee give up doing on Fridays to help discourage the ghost from visiting?

2. What happens to Rustomji that angers him when he departs the A-1 bus?

3. What does Daulat purchase from one of the vendors in the Firozsha Baag?

4. Why does Jaakaylee sleep outside the flat after the Christmas midnight mass?

5. What is Francis's job in Firozsha Baag?

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