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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 would Tehmina curse anyone who passes in front of her early in the morning as she faces the rising sun?
(a) They would block the sunlight.
(b) They would pollute her prayers.
(c) She is grumpy in the morning.
(d) She might trip over them.

2. Who is able to control Kordshedbai with a calm voice of reason?
(a) Boman.
(b) Adil.
(c) Kashmira.
(d) Ardesar.

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

4. What group does Jehangir join in college where he feels like a gatecrasher at an exclusive party?
(a) Debate Team.
(b) Choir.
(c) Fraternity.
(d) Swim Team.

5. What is Mrs. Savukshaw's secret?
(a) Her chicken-dhansaak.
(b) Her hunting techniques.
(c) Her fried fish.
(d) Savukshaw's strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there so many calendars hanging in Kersi's house?

2. Who does Mrs. Maha-Lepate arrange an appointment with for Sarosh?

3. What does CNI stand for?

4. What do the boys tease Jaakaylee about when she comes to collect the boys in her charge?

5. Where do the most sophisticated boys in college come from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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