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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 Gajra notorious for?

2. Where does Father see the ghosts?

3. What does the bai do when she sees Jaakaylee on the balcony upon returning home late at night?

4. What does Daulat do once she is alone after Moti and Najamai leave?

5. What is it that Nariman Hansotia cannot convince Rustomji to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is life like for an ayah?

3. How does Silloo reason away her free use of Naramjai's fridge?

4. What drives Dr. Mody to slap Pesi in front of the boy of Firozsha Baag at play?

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

6. What makes Rustomji decide that he can go to the front of a very long line of people waiting for the A-1 bus?

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

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

9. When Daulat wishes she had accepted Sarosh's gift of a portable tape recorder, what does she think she could have used it for?

10. How is it insinuated in "Auspicious Occasion" that Mehroo's parents might have made a better choice for her than marrying her off to Rustomji?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a summation of Jehangir's relationship with his mother and hers with him. Is Behroze correct about the "apron strings" showing on Jehangir? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Ghost of Firozsha Baag," examine the relationship between the ayah and the bai. Relate their relationship to the social caste system in India.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways are Mehroo and her husband, Rustomji, different from one another? Cite examples that show these differences and explore their personality traits.

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