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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Coomy and Jal hear Nariman doing whenever they pass the room he stays in while his ankle heals?
(a) He is talking to Roxana.
(b) He is talking to himself.
(c) He is crying.
(d) He is complaining about his care.

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

3. What happens as the Chenoys wait at the bus stop?
(a) They are accosted by a pair of drunks.
(b) Murad and Jehangir get in a fight.
(c) Roxana is abducted.
(d) Yezad is beaten and robbed.

4. How does Yezad get to work?
(a) By car.
(b) By foot.
(c) By train.
(d) By bus.

5. What arrangements are made for Nariman at Roxana's?
(a) He is put in Jehangir's bed.
(b) He is given a cot of his own.
(c) He is put in a bed on the balcony.
(d) He must share a bed with one of the boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following seems most sensitive to Nariman's needs?

2. What is Roxana's first action for Nariman after he arrives at her home?

3. Who asks Nariman for his assistance while he is in the hospital?

4. What is Jal's concern about leaving his father at Roxana's?

5. What is Yezad's attitude toward religion?

(see the answer key)

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