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

2. What becomes known throughout "Squatter" as Jehangir's nickname, given to him by Pesi?
(a) Teacher's Pet.
(b) Bulsara Bookworm.
(c) Mama's Boy.
(d) Jehangir the Janitor.

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

4. What brave thing did Kersi do on the cricket field one day?
(a) Block a shot with his bare skin.
(b) Ran in the blistering sun.
(c) Quit playing cricket.
(d) Scored ten times.

5. Where does Kersi begin to feel as part of the crowds again in Bombay?
(a) On the bus he catches.
(b) Near Flora Fountain.
(c) At home in Firozsha Baag.
(d) During the train ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Kersi's imagined morality play while watching a crowd in Bombay, what does the train represent?

2. Where do Daddy and Kersi go at seven o'clock in the morning?

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

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

5. In "Of White Hairs and Cricket," what is Daddy always searching for in the newspaper ads?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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