View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it that Khorshedbai does not get rid of her noisy bangles in "The Paying Guests?"

2. Who is the narrator of "Of White Hairs and Cricket?"

3. Where does Jamshed eat lunch at one o'clock?

4. What does Jehangir's mother tell him will happen if he returns home after eight o'clock at night?

5. In "Exercisers," what do Jehangir's parents want Bhagwan Baba to decide about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Percy's and the others' feelings when Jamshed returns to visit Bombay and takes them to an expensive restaurant?

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

3. For most of her life, Khorshedbai has an image in her mind of a flock of crows. What is this image?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 does the murder of Navjeet symbolize to Percy, Kersi and Jamshed, respectively?

Essay Topic 2

In "The Ghost of Firozsha Baag," examine the relationship between the ayah and the bai. Relate their relationship to the social caste system in India.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the author has characters which overlap in the stories. What is the main theme that is embedded within all of the stories? Does the main theme encourage the reader to care about the characters in the Firozsha Baag?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,110 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample