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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. Why does Kashmira make a comment about a pretty foreign stamp on Khorshedbai's letter?
(a) To see if Khorshedbai is going to travel.
(b) For a clue as to who the writer is.
(c) To discover how wealthy the woman might be.
(d) She collects stamps and wants it.

2. What does Khorshedbai place on the veranda every morning?
(a) Prayer books.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Baked goods.
(d) Garbage.

3. Who gives Kordshedbai a gift in the night, according to the dream she has?
(a) The Indian Express.
(b) Pestonji.
(c) Ardesar.
(d) Adil.

4. Why doesn't Percy want to return to Bombay when Kersi returns for a visit?
(a) He is jealous of Kersi.
(b) He feels superior to his brother.
(c) Because Jamshed will be there.
(d) Because of the money issues.

5. What happens to Navjeet by Percy's account?
(a) He murders one of the money-lenders.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) He returns to Bombay for good.
(d) He steals the seed money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kersi's favorite spot to be?

2. What infection does Kersi suffer the last night before his flight to Toronto?

3. Who is the narrator of "Of White Hairs and Cricket?"

4. Why is the compound watchman happy when Nariman tells the boys a story?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Percy's and the others' feelings when Jamshed returns to visit Bombay and takes them to an expensive restaurant?

2. How does Jehangir explain to the boys the manner in which Nariman tells his stories?

3. Why does Nariman like to use big, new words when telling his stories to the boys?

4. What does Sarosh's troubles in Toronto really reflect upon?

5. In "Exercisers," how does Jehangir feel about the boys who have come to college from the co-educational schools?

6. Why does Kersi want to cry at the end of the story, "Of White Hairs and Cricket?"

7. In "Lend Me Your Light," why is Kersi's mother happy that Percy is friends with Jamshed?

8. How does Jehangir explain the meaning of the stories of Savukshaw to Nariman and the boys?

9. Why does Kersi remember the word ghati with shame?

10. Why does Jehangir stop going to the Hanging Gardens?

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