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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. Where does Father see the ghosts?
(a) Near the temple.
(b) In the house.
(c) By the well.
(d) In the field.

2. Who are Patla Babu and Jhaaria Babu?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Schoolboys.
(d) Street peddlers.

3. What causes Rustomji to forget the bathroom leak and feel better?
(a) Taking a bath.
(b) A visit to Nariman.
(c) Calling the plumber.
(d) Seeing Gajra.

4. What does Mehroo see parked outside the fire-temple?
(a) A fire truck.
(b) Police cars.
(c) Motorcycles.
(d) An ambulance.

5. What does Jaakaylee give up doing on Fridays to help discourage the ghost from visiting?
(a) Walking up the steps.
(b) Eating fish.
(c) Sleeping outside.
(d) Trying to become a vegetarian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tehmina constantly smell of?

3. What did Francis teach Kersi to do?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Daulat feel about her neighbor, Nasjamai?

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

4. How does Silloo reason away her free use of Naramjai's fridge?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Mrs. Mody feel about Jehangir's visits to her home on Sunday mornings?

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

(see the answer keys)

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