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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) Leave home.
(b) Step out and laugh at the men.
(c) Exercise with the men.
(d) Run away with Behroze.

2. What does Khorshedbai place on the veranda every morning?
(a) Prayer books.
(b) Baked goods.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Garbage.

3. Where does Jehangir end up sleeping after his date with Behroze at her home?
(a) In his car.
(b) In his own bed.
(c) Outside his apartment door.
(d) At Behroze's home.

4. What school degree does Mr. Karani hold?
(a) B.Com.
(b) CA.
(c) None.
(d) Ph.D.

5. Why doesn't Percy want to return to Bombay when Kersi returns for a visit?
(a) He is jealous of Kersi.
(b) He feels superior to his brother.
(c) Because of the money issues.
(d) Because Jamshed will be there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MCC stand for in the story Nariman tells?

2. What are Bhagwan Baba's words of advice?

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

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

5. Why is the compound watchman happy when Nariman tells the boys a story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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. Why does Kersi remember the word ghati with shame?

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

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

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

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