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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a bunya's role at night?

2. What is Francis's job in Firozsha Baag?

3. What happens to Rustomji that angers him when he departs the A-1 bus?

4. What does Kersi intend to do after Francis runs off?

5. Who brings Daulat a portable tape recorder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Kersi's parents think of the friendship between Kersi and Francis?

2. What is life like for an ayah?

3. Why is Behram roje such an important date for Mehroo?

4. Why is Dr. Mody so disappointed in his son, Pesi, in "The Collectors?"

5. Why does Dr. Mody assume that Jehangir stole the Spanish dancing-lady stamp?

6. How does Mrs. Mody feel about Jehangir's visits to her home on Sunday mornings?

7. What does Daulat do to disobey the usual custom after one's spouse dies?

8. Why, when the Firozsha Baag gets a new paint job, is the exterior of every flat painted except Rustomji's?

9. What are Rustomji's feelings toward their gunga, Gajra?

10. Before Najamai purchased her fridge, how did Tehmina acquire the ice she needed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Within the story, "Swimming Lessons," Father tells Mother not to confuse fact with fiction or vice versa. What is his point? How does madness become a result of this?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why, in the story "One Sunday," Kersi becomes so upset at the thought of using his cricket bat to commit violence on a person? Visit other parts of the story that involve the use of the bat to explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Based upon the first story, "Auspicious Occasion," describe in detail the Firozsha Baag apartment complex and its inhabitants. What are the apartments like? How do the tenants interact?

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