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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Viraf's and Kersi's private signal sound like?
(a) A bird song.
(b) A yodel.
(c) Knuckles cracking.
(d) Finger-snapping.

3. What is Mrs. Savukshaw's secret?
(a) Her hunting techniques.
(b) Savukshaw's strength.
(c) Her fried fish.
(d) Her chicken-dhansaak.

4. What is Percy's main interest in India?
(a) Accumulating luxury goods.
(b) The Taj-Mahal Hotel.
(c) Charity work for farmers.
(d) Learning the rules for emigration.

5. Where does Jamshed eat lunch at one o'clock?
(a) In an air-conditioned car.
(b) He goes home.
(c) Outside in the play yard.
(d) In the school lunchroom.

6. In "Of White Hairs and Cricket," what is Daddy always searching for in the newspaper ads?
(a) A better job.
(b) Apartments.
(c) Sales on toasters.
(d) New clothes.

7. 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) Joking.
(b) Serious.
(c) Solemn.
(d) Prayerful.

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

9. What was once Kashmira's devout ambition in life?
(a) To do social work.
(b) To be a landlady.
(c) To become a tenancy lawyer.
(d) To finish her schooling.

10. Why are there so many calendars hanging in Kersi's house?
(a) In order to keep track of different dates.
(b) To hide the crumbling walls.
(c) They are the considered works of art.
(d) To keep the Parsi religiion alive.

11. In the story "Squatter," how could people tell when Nariman Hansotia was in a good mood?
(a) When he parked his car in front of his apartment window.
(b) When he went straight inside his house after work.
(c) When he came home very late.
(d) When he brought ice cream for the neighborhood boys.

12. What subject is Nariman's first story of the evening about?
(a) Pole-vaulting.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Bicycling.
(d) Hunting.

13. In "Exercisers," what do Jehangir's parents want Bhagwan Baba to decide about?
(a) Father's luck with a job.
(b) A suitability of a girl.
(c) Jehangir's health.
(d) The direction of their journey.

14. What words does Kersi have trouble expressing?
(a) Words of concern.
(b) Sarcastic sayings.
(c) Harsh words.
(d) Bullying words.

15. Which story about Savukshaw had Nariman wanted to tell for a long time?
(a) The bicyclist.
(b) The fisherman.
(c) The hunter.
(d) The pole vaulter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brave thing did Kersi do on the cricket field one day?

2. What school degree does Mr. Karani hold?

3. Who is Mamajii?

4. What entrances Kersi?

5. What are Daddy's tweezers compared to?

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