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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Gajra notorious for?
(a) Breaking dishes.
(b) Tardiness.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Lying.
2. What does Dr. Mody tell Jehangir's mother to do on Sunday morning?
(a) Send Jehangir to his house.
(b) Pray.
(c) Send Jehangir outside to play.
(d) Get Jehangir a new story book.
3. 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) The conductor yells at him for not going upstairs.
(c) He discovers the leaky toilet water is still on him.
(d) Someone spits tobacco juice on him.
4. What does someone steal on Jehangir's behalf?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Coins.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Pencils.
5. What does Jaakaylee want the bai to purchase in order to make life easier?
(a) A motorcar.
(b) A video machine.
(c) A masala machine.
(d) A vacuum cleaner.
6. Where do the bai and seth go when they leave Jaakaylee to watch the children for the first time?
(a) To the cinema.
(b) To a New Year's Eve dance.
(c) To a neighbor's dinner party.
(d) To midnight mass.
7. Why does Jaakaylee sleep outside the flat after the Christmas midnight mass?
(a) She has no key.
(b) It is a neighborhood custom.
(c) The weather is always pleasant.
(d) Everyone else does it.
8. Where has Mehroo loved to go ever since she was a child?
(a) The library.
(b) On the bus.
(c) The theater.
(d) The fire-temple.
9. What does Kersi intend to do after Francis runs off?
(a) Plays a cricket game.
(b) Calls the police.
(c) Calls the landlord.
(d) Finds him.
10. What does Dr. Mody do to Pesi when he catches him being mean to Jehangir?
(a) Curses at him.
(b) Makes him go home.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Drags him away.
11. Who finally believes that Jaakaylee sees a bhoot?
(a) Seth.
(b) Father D'Silva.
(c) Bai.
(d) Cajetan.
12. What does Kersi do his cricket bat at the end of the story, "One Sunday?"
(a) Untangles the cord.
(b) Smashes it.
(c) Puts on the rubber grip.
(d) Repairs it again.
13. What has Kersi wanted to do ever since primary school?
(a) Learn to fly aeroplanes.
(b) Play serious cricket.
(c) Teach cricket to students.
(d) Be a coach for a cricket team.
14. Which special day means a lot to Mehroo?
(a) Parsi roje.
(b) Fravashi.
(c) Behram roje.
(d) Novjote.
15. Who cries out, "Help! Oh quickly! Thief!"?
(a) Tehmina.
(b) Najamai.
(c) Silloo.
(d) Francis.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dr. Mody do to reward Jehangir for collecting new stamps?
2. In the story, "Auspicious Occasion," what does Rustomji do for a living?
3. Why does the sole Muslim neighbor chat with Tehmina?
4. Why are the children and adults in Firozsha Baag making fun of Jaakaylee?
5. What does Jaakaylee give up doing on Fridays to help discourage the ghost from visiting?
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