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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one man in line to see Bhagwan Baba tell the others most definitely signifies something?
(a) Bhagwan Bab's white pyjamas.
(b) When Bhagwan Baba removes his sunglasses.
(c) When the sun goes down.
(d) The bench-swing on the veranda.

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

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

4. Why is the compound watchman happy when Nariman tells the boys a story?
(a) He likes seeing the boys learn things.
(b) He gets paid extra for listening also.
(c) He gets to retell the story at home.
(d) His job of watching the boys gets easier.

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

6. Who is Mamajii?
(a) Kersi's mother.
(b) Viraf's mother.
(c) The neighbor, Nariman.
(d) Kersi's grandmother.

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

8. Where do the most sophisticated boys in college come from?
(a) Boys' schools.
(b) Co-educational schools.
(c) Non-English medium schools.
(d) Home schools.

9. What does Mamajii always try to give Kersi to eat?
(a) Candy.
(b) Undercooked foods.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Tasty, spicy snacks.

10. Where is Kersi's favorite spot to be?
(a) Viraf's third-floor balcony.
(b) His own flat.
(c) Near Mamajii's spinning table.
(d) The cricket field.

11. Why does Kersi go to Jamshed's house with Percy one day?
(a) To gossip about school mates.
(b) To have lunch.
(c) To hear the My Fair Lady album.
(d) To fly airplanes.

12. What is the three-monkeys principle?
(a) No more than three pets in the building.
(b) Three tenants and you are out of luck.
(c) See, hear, and say no evil.
(d) Swearing is for animals only.

13. In Kersi's imagined morality play while watching a crowd in Bombay, what does the train represent?
(a) Vice.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Reality.

14. What does Jehangir plan on telling Behroze when he visits her while her parents and Shanti are gone?
(a) They must get married.
(b) The relationship must end.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He dislikes her sarcasm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Navjeet by Percy's account?

2. What is Mrs. Savukshaw's secret?

3. What does Viraf's and Kersi's private signal sound like?

4. What are Daddy's tweezers compared to?

5. What does Daddy make Kersi do for him every Sunday?

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