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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What request does Jehangir make one evening as he is having supper with his family?
(a) To leave home.
(b) To change his religion.
(c) To change his name.
(d) To leave school.

2. How do the children react to Kapur?
(a) Most are eager to sit on Santa's lap.
(b) Most jus want the candy Santa has to offer.
(c) Most are afraid of the Santa suit.
(d) Most are afraid of the Santa suit.

3. What does Roxana smell on Yezad when he comes home one evening?
(a) He smells of alcohol.
(b) He smells of perfume.
(c) He smells of sandalwood.
(d) He smells of cigarette smoke.

4. Who goes to help Nariman when he asks for the urinal?
(a) No one.
(b) Yezad.
(c) Murad.
(d) Jehangir.

5. How did Kapur react to Yezad's story in Chapter 15?
(a) He closed the store to avoid any more problems.
(b) He decided to do nothing immediately.
(c) He went into a rage and destroyed his window displays.
(d) He complimented Yezad on a job well done.

6. How does Edul's wife describe Nariman's home?
(a) The house of unhappiness.
(b) The house of much sadness.
(c) The house of uncertainty.
(d) The house of happiness.

7. What is Mr. Kapur's wife's view of public service?
(a) Service to community comes first.
(b) Service to family comes first.
(c) Service to family is a woman's duty.
(d) Service to community is for young men.

8. Why does Yezad go to the store where he works on Christmas day?
(a) To return a tool he had borrowed.
(b) To work overtime on the holiday.
(c) To help Kapur play Santa.
(d) To return the money he took.

9. What does Yezad think of as he sits with Nariman in the evening?
(a) The pain that Nariman is to those who care for him.
(b) He tries to visualize Nariman well.
(c) The agony Nariman is going through.
(d) He is grateful he is not Nariman.

10. What request does Nariman make of Daisy after she first plays her violin for him?
(a) That she play his favorite song over and over.
(b) That she play her violin as he goes to sleep.
(c) That she play her violin to wake him up.
(d) That she play her violin as he lies dying.

11. What does Edul say he must use to repair Nariman's room?
(a) A steel girder.
(b) Heavy aluminum panels.
(c) A new wood beam.
(d) Many coats of plaster.

12. What dream does Nariman have that causes him to wake up screaming?
(a) Yasmin has pushed Lucy off the roof.
(b) Lucy has pushed Yasmine off the roof.
(c) Nariman has fallen from the room with Yasmin and Lucy.
(d) Yasmin and Lucy have fallen from the roof.

13. What does Yezad do when he comes to the fires temple?
(a) He watches a man pray then leaves.
(b) He goes in to pray.
(c) He crosses the street to avoid it.
(d) He watches people file in for services.

14. How does Roxana react when Yezad tells her he has lost all their money?
(a) She makes him leave the house.
(b) She makes him try to get it back.
(c) She is stunned and cannot speak.
(d) She forgives him.

15. What does Jal tell Roxana and Yezad would happen if he had his way about things?
(a) Roxana and Yezad would move to a larger place.
(b) They would put Nariman in a nursing home.
(c) He would be able to give them more money.
(d) They would all live at Chateau Felicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yezad do when Vilas tries to tell him about one of his recent clients?

2. What does Yezad tell Jehangir that his name means?

3. What items does Mr. Kapur order for his store during the holiday season?

4. What does Jal find when he goes to visit Nariman at Pleasant Villa?

5. What is Kapur's first step to becoming more like the common people?

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