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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. Which special day means a lot to Mehroo?
(a) Novjote.
(b) Behram roje.
(c) Fravashi.
(d) Parsi roje.

2. What becomes a dream deferred for Minocher?
(a) Trying oxtail soup.
(b) Drinking Ostermilk.
(c) Eating frog's legs.
(d) Giving clothing to the poor.

3. What does Daulat think she could have done if she had accepted the tape recorder?
(a) Have friends tape their last words to Minocher.
(b) Listen to the music she loves.
(c) Record the details of Minocher's illness.
(d) Have Minocher speak his last words.

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

5. What does Dr. Mody do to reward Jehangir for collecting new stamps?
(a) Gives him a tin of stamps.
(b) Gives him a coin.
(c) Shows him the Spanish lady stamp.
(d) Gets him some candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Jaakaylee follow?

2. What does Mehroo do at the entrance of her home to honor the holiday?

3. Where do the bai and seth go when they leave Jaakaylee to watch the children for the first time?

4. What does Dr. Mody tell Jehangir's mother to do on Sunday morning?

5. What does Dr. Mody do to Pesi when he catches him being mean to Jehangir?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is life like for an ayah?

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

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

6. What stops the neighborhood children from making fun of Jaakaylee's visions of a ghost?

7. What makes Rustomji decide that he can go to the front of a very long line of people waiting for the A-1 bus?

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

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

10. Why does bai begin to treat Jaakaylee with more respect?

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