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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Nariman Hansotia cannot convince Rustomji to do?
(a) Treat his wife better.
(b) Chip in money to paint the building's exterior.
(c) Hire a plumber to fix the toilet.
(d) Replaster the inside of his apartment.

2. What is Gajra notorious for?
(a) Tardiness.
(b) Breaking dishes.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Lying.

3. What does Rustomji do to appease the crowd that wants to hurt him?
(a) He removes his dentures.
(b) He tells them his life story.
(c) He gives them money.
(d) He runs around in circles.

4. What does Mrs. Mody offer to Jehangir after Dr Mody's death?
(a) All of his clothing.
(b) The entire stamp collection.
(c) Pesi's story books.
(d) Money.

5. In the story, "Auspicious Occasion," what does Rustomji do for a living?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a matchmaker.
(d) He is a businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Daulat's grandmother's death inadvertently introduce to several boys in the Baag?

2. What is Kersi doing as Silloo divides her meat up for the freezer?

3. Where does Eric want his favor granted from Jehangir?

4. Who is the foremost "flicker" amongst the schoolboys in "The Collectors"?

5. Who are Patla Babu and Jhaaria Babu?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cajetan on Jaakaylee's mind since she has seen the bhoot?

2. In "Condolence Visit," why is it that Daulat is not looking forward to the visits she will receive?

3. When and why does the bhoot stop the visits to Jaakaylee?

4. Why does the author, Mistry, go to the trouble to list all of the sounds Silloo hears Najamai making in the apartment above hers when she returns home on Sunday night?

5. What leads Tehmina to believe that Francis is much stronger than his slight body build shows?

6. What is life like for an ayah?

7. What do Kersi's parents think of the friendship between Kersi and Francis?

8. Why is Behram roje such an important date for Mehroo?

9. Before Najamai purchased her fridge, how did Tehmina acquire the ice she needed?

10. Why, when the Firozsha Baag gets a new paint job, is the exterior of every flat painted except Rustomji's?

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