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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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 squats for a movement, as usual.
(d) He is ecstatic when the plane takes off.

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

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

10. Who does Mrs. Maha-Lepate arrange an appointment with for Sarosh?
(a) Dr. No-Ilaaz.
(b) A nutritionist.
(c) Mr. Rawaana.
(d) The Immigrant Aid Society.

11. What brave thing did Kersi do on the cricket field one day?
(a) Ran in the blistering sun.
(b) Block a shot with his bare skin.
(c) Quit playing cricket.
(d) Scored ten times.

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

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

14. What is Sukhi Sooraj?
(a) An offering of incense.
(b) Pestonji's cage in Korshedbai's dreams.
(c) The only recording Korshedbai owns.
(d) A Parsis holiday.

15. What do the boys tease Jaakaylee about when she comes to collect the boys in her charge?
(a) Her stutter.
(b) Her weight.
(c) Seeing a ghost.
(d) Scolding the boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of "Lend Me Your Light?"

2. What does Boman do to encourage helpful advice from Rustomji?

3. In Kersi's imagined morality play while watching a crowd in Bombay, what does the train represent?

4. What does Kersi do that surprises Daddy?

5. When Jehangir is allowed to go out alone at night, what does he find fascinating at the children's playground?

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