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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. Where do Daddy and Kersi go at seven o'clock in the morning?

2. What infection does Kersi suffer the last night before his flight to Toronto?

3. Why is the compound watchman happy when Nariman tells the boys a story?

4. What do the boys tease Jaakaylee about when she comes to collect the boys in her charge?

5. What does Ardesar utter after watching Kordshedbai smear dog feces on the neighbor's door?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Exercisers," how does Jehangir feel about the boys who have come to college from the co-educational schools?

2. Why does Jehangir stop going to the Hanging Gardens?

3. What is an example of Kersi holding back his true feelings?

4. In "The Paying Guests," why does Khorshedbai feel she is justified in leaving garbage spread around the veranda?

5. Why does Daddy stop taking the boys to play cricket at maidaan?

6. How did the relationship between Boman and Kasmira and the paying guests begin?

7. What is it about Jamshed's letter to Kersi that disturbs Kersi so much?

8. What problem does Boman have with taking Mr Karani's advice to not take in paying guests?

9. How does Jehangir explain the meaning of the stories of Savukshaw to Nariman and the boys?

10. What do Jehangir's mother and Behroze, two very different women, have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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