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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 has Kersi wanted to do ever since primary school?
(a) Play serious cricket.
(b) Learn to fly aeroplanes.
(c) Teach cricket to students.
(d) Be a coach for a cricket team.

2. What did Daulat's grandmother's death inadvertently introduce to several boys in the Baag?
(a) Stamp Collecting.
(b) Music.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Reading.

3. Where has Mehroo loved to go ever since she was a child?
(a) The theater.
(b) On the bus.
(c) The fire-temple.
(d) The library.

4. 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.

5. What does the bai do when she sees Jaakaylee on the balcony upon returning home late at night?
(a) She screams.
(b) She laughs out loud.
(c) She waves.
(d) She yells in anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jaakaylee leave her hometown to come to Bombay?

2. What does Daulat purchase from one of the vendors in the Firozsha Baag?

3. What does Najamai smell in her kitchen upon returning to it after the theft?

4. What does Mrs. Mody offer to Jehangir after Dr Mody's death?

5. What does Rustomji enjoy watching each morning, though he does it surreptitiously?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daulat refuse a gift of a portable tape recorder from her nephew Sarosh?

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

3. Why does Jehangir get involved with Eric?

4. When Daulat wishes she had accepted Sarosh's gift of a portable tape recorder, what does she think she could have used it for?

5. What specially-made recording does Daulat imagine she would have made for Nasjamai if she had the tape recorder?

6. Why does Dr. Mody assume that Jehangir stole the Spanish dancing-lady stamp?

7. Why does Dr. Mody become close with Jehangir, treating him like a son?

8. What are Rustomji's feelings toward their gunga, Gajra?

9. Why is Dr. Mody so disappointed in his son, Pesi, in "The Collectors?"

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

(see the answer keys)

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