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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 does Jaakaylee consider herself to be an expert at?

2. What does Mrs. Mody offer to Jehangir after Dr Mody's death?

3. Why does Dr. Mody earn the respect of the people of the Baag?

4. Why does the chasniwalla kill Dhunjisha?

5. What music passes through Daulat's mind as she remembers going to a concert with Minocher?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is life like for an ayah?

3. 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?

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

5. Why is Cajetan on Jaakaylee's mind since she has seen the bhoot?

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

7. In "Condolence Visit," why is it that Daulat is not looking forward to the visits she will receive?

8. Why does Daulat refuse a gift of a portable tape recorder from her nephew Sarosh?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the two couples from "The Paying Guest." Delve into their personalities and main characteristics.

Essay Topic 2

Considering the character, Naramjai in the story, "Condolence Visit," explain what her motives are for interfering with Daulat's grieving period.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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