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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. Why does Rustomji shout at the boys of Firozsha Baag?

2. What does Nasjamai offer to Daulat as a help after dusmoo?

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

4. Which special day means a lot to Mehroo?

5. What does Mehroo do at the entrance of her home to honor the holiday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What specially-made recording does Daulat imagine she would have made for Nasjamai if she had the tape recorder?

3. Why does bai begin to treat Jaakaylee with more respect?

4. Why does Dr. Mody become close with Jehangir, treating him like a son?

5. Why does the author, Mistry, go to the trouble to list all of the sounds Silloo hears Najamai making in the apartment above hers when she returns home on Sunday night?

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

7. When and why does the bhoot stop the visits to Jaakaylee?

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

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

10. What is life like for an ayah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the ways in which Daulat, from "Condolence Visit," begins to move away from the traditional ways of dealing with death. Examine what makes her methods of dealing with the loss of her husband difficult to deal with, for both herself and others.

Essay Topic 2

By the end of "The Collectors," Dr. Mody's stamps lay in a trunk under Jehangir's bed, being eaten and destroyed by cockroaches and vermin. What does the trunk full of worthless stamps symbolize? Why does Jehangir feel a sense of relief at the discovery of the stamps' demise?

Essay Topic 3

What theme does the story, "The Collectors," revolve around? Explain using quotes from the story to back up your theory.

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