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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the alternative name suggested for Bombay?
(a) Mumbai.
(b) Mambo.
(c) Mumbawi.
(d) Nunbai.

2. How does Coomy prepare for her father's return from the hospital?
(a) She buys a commode.
(b) She buys a bedpan and urinal.
(c) She makes a special place for him.
(d) She hires a nurse to care for him.

3. Who did Nariman's family arrange for him to marry?
(a) Roxana.
(b) Yasmin.
(c) Lucy.
(d) An unnamed woman.

4. How does Nariman deal with Coomy's ranting?
(a) He is quietly sarcastic.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He yells back at her.
(d) He is meekly obedient.

5. At the beginning of the story, Nariman is preparing to celebrate which birthday?
(a) His seventy-eighth.
(b) His seventy-ninth.
(c) His seventy-seventh.
(d) His eightieth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is characteristic of the Shiv Sena?

2. What relation are Murad and Jehangir to Nariman?

3. Which of the following is not part of the special greeting Murad and Jehangir share with Nariman?

4. Nariman exhibits symptoms of the early stages of what disease?

5. When Roxana and her family arrive for dinner, what is Coomy's reaction?

(see the answer key)

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