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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What becomes known throughout "Squatter" as Jehangir's nickname, given to him by Pesi?
(a) Jehangir the Janitor.
(b) Bulsara Bookworm.
(c) Teacher's Pet.
(d) Mama's Boy.

6. What does MCC stand for in the story Nariman tells?
(a) Memorial Cricket Cases.
(b) Mr. Contractor's Cricket.
(c) Manchester Cricket Club.
(d) Marylebone Cricket Club.

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

8. What are Bhagwan Baba's words of advice?
(a) "Avoid the girl."
(b) "A higher force impells you."
(c) "Do the best thing for Jehingar."
(d) "Life is a trap, full of webs."

9. What does Jehangir's mother tell him will happen if he returns home after eight o'clock at night?
(a) A curse will be upon him.
(b) His parents will not speak to him again.
(c) The apartment door will be locked.
(d) He will be punished forcefully.

10. What image does Korshedbai carry at the back of her mind?
(a) A flock of crows pecking something dead.
(b) Her bird in the cage.
(c) Pigeons being fed by her husband.
(d) Kashmira in her apartment.

11. What is Jehangir tempted to do when he hides in the hedges of the playground to watch the exercisers after having seen Bhagwan Baba?
(a) Exercise with the men.
(b) Step out and laugh at the men.
(c) Run away with Behroze.
(d) Leave home.

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

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

14. What school degree does Mr. Karani hold?
(a) CA.
(b) None.
(c) Ph.D.
(d) B.Com.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kersi learn to do with his best friend, Viraf?

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

3. Why does Kashmira make a comment about a pretty foreign stamp on Khorshedbai's letter?

4. Why does Jehangir enjoy Nariman's story so much?

5. Why is Viraf so distraught by the end of "Of White Hairs and Crickets?"

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