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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 about Jenhangir's mother embarrasses him when he introduces her to his girlfriend?

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

3. Why does Jehangir enjoy Nariman's story so much?

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

5. What is the only thing Jehangir's father has to say about Jehangir's relationship with the girl from college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kersi want to cry at the end of the story, "Of White Hairs and Cricket?"

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

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

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

6. Why is it Jehangir's doing that he and his parents are going to visit Bhagwan Baba for advice on his new girlfriend?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What theme does the story, "The Collectors," revolve around? Explain using quotes from the story to back up your theory.

Essay Topic 2

In the story "Of White Hairs and Cricket", the character, Kersi, has difficulty showing some of his emotions. What lesson is there to be learned by the reader by the end of the story? What does the author attempt to convey through Kersi's character?

Essay Topic 3

By the end of "The Collectors," Dr. Mody's stamps lay in a trunk under Jehangir's bed, being eaten and destroyed by cockroaches and vermin. What does the trunk full of worthless stamps symbolize? Why does Jehangir feel a sense of relief at the discovery of the stamps' demise?

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