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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) They would pollute her prayers.
(c) They would block the sunlight.
(d) She might trip over them.

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

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

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

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

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) Solemn.
(c) Serious.
(d) Prayerful.

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

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

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

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) Run away with Behroze.
(b) Leave home.
(c) Exercise with the men.
(d) Step out and laugh at the men.

12. What is a ghaton?
(a) A servant.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A money-lender.
(d) An airplane pilot.

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

14. What infection does Kersi suffer the last night before his flight to Toronto?
(a) Conjunctivitis.
(b) The flu.
(c) A viral infection.
(d) Sinusitis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes known throughout "Squatter" as Jehangir's nickname, given to him by Pesi?

2. Why is the compound watchman happy when Nariman tells the boys a story?

3. What entrances Kersi?

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

5. Where do the most sophisticated boys in college come from?

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