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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. in "Lend Me Your Light," what do tiffin carriers deliver to the school?

2. In "Of White Hairs and Cricket," what is Daddy always searching for in the newspaper ads?

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

4. What does Korshedbai end up taking from Kashmira?

5. Where is Kersi's favorite spot to be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In "Lend Me Your Light," why is Kersi's mother happy that Percy is friends with Jamshed?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Considering the character, Naramjai in the story, "Condolence Visit," explain what her motives are for interfering with Daulat's grieving period.

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