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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 did Kersi learn to do with his best friend, Viraf?
(a) Pull out hairs.
(b) Play soccer.
(c) Read.
(d) Ride a bicycle.

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

3. Where does Jamshed eat lunch at one o'clock?
(a) He goes home.
(b) In the school lunchroom.
(c) In an air-conditioned car.
(d) Outside in the play yard.

4. What does MCC stand for in the story Nariman tells?
(a) Memorial Cricket Cases.
(b) Manchester Cricket Club.
(c) Marylebone Cricket Club.
(d) Mr. Contractor's Cricket.

5. What does Korshedbai end up taking from Kashmira?
(a) Her dignity.
(b) A parrot cage.
(c) The rent money.
(d) Her baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it that Khorshedbai does not get rid of her noisy bangles in "The Paying Guests?"

2. Where is Kersi's favorite spot to be?

3. Who is Mamajii?

4. What does Sarosh have trouble doing?

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

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

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

5. What is an example of Kersi holding back his true feelings?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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