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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 does Kersi begin to feel as part of the crowds again in Bombay?

2. Where do the most sophisticated boys in college come from?

3. What is Mrs. Savukshaw's secret?

4. What does Nariman expect to hear from the boys at suspenseful parts of his stories?

5. What is Sukhi Sooraj?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story, "Squatter," how do the boys in the Firozsha Baag know when Nariman is about to tell them a story?

2. How does Jehangir explain to the boys the manner in which Nariman tells his stories?

3. Why is it that Khorshedbai's husband, Ardesar, does not question his wife's disgusting actions against the landlord?

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

5. What is Jehangir's status with the boys of Firozsha Baag by the time of the Squatter story?

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

7. What does Sarosh's troubles in Toronto really reflect upon?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What more is learned about Nariman in the story, "Squatter?" Is Nariman as popular in Firozsha Baag as Dr. Mody once was? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In "The Paying Guests," how does Khorshedbai prove that "...no one will peck me to pieces?" Why does she use this metaphor to explain her anguished response to being pushed around?

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