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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Karani first tell Boman is the only remedy to Boman's paying guests problem?
(a) Being overly friendly.
(b) Death.
(c) A dog.
(d) A court case.

2. What does Daddy tell Kersi they will find the money to do for him one day?
(a) Send him to America.
(b) Get him a fridge.
(c) Buy him a new cricket bat.
(d) Buy him a business.

3. What does Korshedbai end up taking from Kashmira?
(a) Her dignity.
(b) A parrot cage.
(c) The rent money.
(d) Her baby.

4. What group does Jehangir join in college where he feels like a gatecrasher at an exclusive party?
(a) Debate Team.
(b) Swim Team.
(c) Fraternity.
(d) Choir.

5. Where does Kersi begin to feel as part of the crowds again in Bombay?
(a) Near Flora Fountain.
(b) On the bus he catches.
(c) During the train ride.
(d) At home in Firozsha Baag.

6. Why would Tehmina curse anyone who passes in front of her early in the morning as she faces the rising sun?
(a) They would pollute her prayers.
(b) She is grumpy in the morning.
(c) She might trip over them.
(d) They would block the sunlight.

7. Why do Boman and Kashmira decide they need the entire flat back for themselves?
(a) Kashmira becomes pregnant.
(b) Korshedbai becomes unpredictable.
(c) They want their privacy and the veranda.
(d) They no longer need the money.

8. Why does Jehangir enjoy Nariman's story so much?
(a) He feels like one of the boys.
(b) He enjoys Nariman's way with words.
(c) The plots are quite interesting.
(d) It gives him something to do.

9. What does Nariman expect to hear from the boys at suspenseful parts of his stories?
(a) Questions as to what comes next.
(b) The answers to his questions.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Guesses as to what happens next.

10. What does Sarosh have trouble doing?
(a) Making money.
(b) Playing cricket well.
(c) Using the toilet.
(d) Hunting tigers.

11. What does Daddy make Kersi do for him every Sunday?
(a) Look for a job.
(b) Pull out his white hairs.
(c) Play cricket.
(d) Call for Viraf.

12. 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?
(a) Serious.
(b) Prayerful.
(c) Solemn.
(d) Joking.

13. What finally happens to Sarosh on the plane flight back to India?
(a) He has a movement, Canadian-style.
(b) He has an acute anxiety attack.
(c) He is ecstatic when the plane takes off.
(d) He squats for a movement, as usual.

14. What plan does Boman have to evict the paying guests?
(a) Photographs.
(b) None.
(c) A lawsuit.
(d) Non-payment of rent.

15. Where do Daddy and Kersi go at seven o'clock in the morning?
(a) To play cricket.
(b) To get a haircut.
(c) To get chai at the Irani restaurant.
(d) Visit Viraf's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys tease Jaakaylee about when she comes to collect the boys in her charge?

2. in "Lend Me Your Light," what do tiffin carriers deliver to the school?

3. What was once Kashmira's devout ambition in life?

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

5. Who is the narrator of "Of White Hairs and Cricket?"

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