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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 do Daddy and Kersi go at seven o'clock in the morning?
(a) To get a haircut.
(b) To get chai at the Irani restaurant.
(c) To play cricket.
(d) Visit Viraf's father.

2. What was once Kashmira's devout ambition in life?
(a) To do social work.
(b) To become a tenancy lawyer.
(c) To finish her schooling.
(d) To be a landlady.

3. What does Nariman expect to hear from the boys at suspenseful parts of his stories?
(a) Laughter.
(b) The answers to his questions.
(c) Guesses as to what happens next.
(d) Questions as to what comes next.

4. Who does Mrs. Maha-Lepate arrange an appointment with for Sarosh?
(a) Dr. No-Ilaaz.
(b) The Immigrant Aid Society.
(c) A nutritionist.
(d) Mr. Rawaana.

5. What does Mr. Karani first tell Boman is the only remedy to Boman's paying guests problem?
(a) Death.
(b) A court case.
(c) A dog.
(d) Being overly friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Percy want to return to Bombay when Kersi returns for a visit?

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

3. What does Mamajii always try to give Kersi to eat?

4. What does Nariman do to ensure that Jehangir will hear the rest of the Sarosh story?

5. What is the three-monkeys principle?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Of White Hairs and Cricket," why does Daddy have Kersi pulling the white hairs out of his head?

2. What do Jehangir's mother and Behroze, two very different women, have in common?

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

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

5. Why does Daddy stop taking the boys to play cricket at maidaan?

6. Why is it Jehangir's doing that he and his parents are going to visit Bhagwan Baba for advice on his new girlfriend?

7. For most of her life, Khorshedbai has an image in her mind of a flock of crows. What is this image?

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

9. How does Najamai turn out to be responsible for changing the neighbors' decision not to testify against the paying guests?

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

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