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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 one man in line to see Bhagwan Baba tell the others most definitely signifies something?

2. What becomes known throughout "Squatter" as Jehangir's nickname, given to him by Pesi?

3. What does Mr. Karani warn Boman about?

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

5. What subject is Nariman's first story of the evening about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Of White Hairs and Cricket," why does Daddy have Kersi pulling the white hairs out of his head?

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

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

5. How does Kersi's family hide the crumbling walls in the apartment?

6. How does Daddy react when Kersi puts down the tweezers and goes to read to comics?

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

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

9. Why does Kersi remember the word ghati with shame?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Within the story, "Swimming Lessons," Father tells Mother not to confuse fact with fiction or vice versa. What is his point? How does madness become a result of this?

Essay Topic 2

What is the general tone of the story, "Of White Hairs and Cricket?" How does the author convey this tone and why?

Essay Topic 3

Write a summation of Jehangir's relationship with his mother and hers with him. Is Behroze correct about the "apron strings" showing on Jehangir? Explain.

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