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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 Kersi use his cricket bat for now?

2. What stops the ghost from visiting, according to Jaakaylee?

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

4. What is Kersi doing as Silloo divides her meat up for the freezer?

5. What is Pesi's single most important talent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Why does Jehangir get involved with Eric?

7. In "The Ghost of Firozsha Baag," how does Jacqueline's name get changed to Jaakaylee?

8. What stops the neighborhood children from making fun of Jaakaylee's visions of a ghost?

9. 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?

10. In "One Sunday," what does Tehmina think of the Boyce's use of Najamai's fridge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story, "Lend Me Your Light," Kersi wonders, "What would it take to light the lantern in (Jamshed's)...soul?" Explain the meaning of his musing.

Essay Topic 2

What is Jehangir's interest in the exercisers on the nighttime playground? How does he relate this voyeurism to his youth?

Essay Topic 3

What does the murder of Navjeet symbolize to Percy, Kersi and Jamshed, respectively?

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