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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 a ghaton?
(a) A servant.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A money-lender.
(d) An airplane pilot.

2. What does Jehangir plan on telling Behroze when he visits her while her parents and Shanti are gone?
(a) He loves her.
(b) They must get married.
(c) He dislikes her sarcasm.
(d) The relationship must end.

3. What is Percy's main interest in India?
(a) The Taj-Mahal Hotel.
(b) Accumulating luxury goods.
(c) Learning the rules for emigration.
(d) Charity work for farmers.

4. Why are there so many calendars hanging in Kersi's house?
(a) To hide the crumbling walls.
(b) In order to keep track of different dates.
(c) To keep the Parsi religiion alive.
(d) They are the considered works of art.

5. What does one man in line to see Bhagwan Baba tell the others most definitely signifies something?
(a) Bhagwan Bab's white pyjamas.
(b) When Bhagwan Baba removes his sunglasses.
(c) When the sun goes down.
(d) The bench-swing on the veranda.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Squatter," how could people tell when Nariman Hansotia was in a good mood?

2. What becomes known throughout "Squatter" as Jehangir's nickname, given to him by Pesi?

3. What are Bhagwan Baba's words of advice?

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

5. What is Sukhi Sooraj?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daddy react when Kersi puts down the tweezers and goes to read to comics?

2. What problem does Boman have with taking Mr Karani's advice to not take in paying guests?

3. In the story, "Squatter," how do the boys in the Firozsha Baag know when Nariman is about to tell them a story?

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

5. How does Kersi's family hide the crumbling walls in the apartment?

6. What is Jehangir's status with the boys of Firozsha Baag by the time of the Squatter story?

7. In "The Paying Guests," why does Khorshedbai feel she is justified in leaving garbage spread around the veranda?

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

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

10. What is it about Jamshed's letter to Kersi that disturbs Kersi so much?

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