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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 Jehangir tempted to do when he hides in the hedges of the playground to watch the exercisers after having seen Bhagwan Baba?
(a) Run away with Behroze.
(b) Exercise with the men.
(c) Leave home.
(d) Step out and laugh at the men.

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

3. What does Mamajii always try to give Kersi to eat?
(a) Undercooked foods.
(b) Tasty, spicy snacks.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Candy.

4. What does CNI stand for?
(a) Crappus Non Interruptus.
(b) Crappus Nutrition Information.
(c) Canape New Information.
(d) Canadian Non Immigration.

5. What are Bhagwan Baba's words of advice?
(a) "Do the best thing for Jehingar."
(b) "Life is a trap, full of webs."
(c) "Avoid the girl."
(d) "A higher force impells you."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Kersi go to Jamshed's house with Percy one day?

3. At the end of "Squatter," what tale does Nariman agree to tell the next time?

4. What does Viraf's and Kersi's private signal sound like?

5. What school degree does Mr. Karani hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it that Khorshedbai's husband, Ardesar, does not question his wife's disgusting actions against the landlord?

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

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

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

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

6. How did the relationship between Boman and Kasmira and the paying guests begin?

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

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

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

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

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