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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of reception does Yezad get from Kapur's wife?
(a) She is very cold toward him.
(b) She welcomes him with open arms.
(c) She says he must never come to their house again.
(d) She invites him to stay with them for a while.

2. How much extra money does Roxana find in the budget envelopes?
(a) One hundred and twenty rupees.
(b) Forty five rupees.
(c) One hundred and eighty rupees.
(d) Sixty rupees.

3. What is Kapur's reaction when Yezad asks for an advance?
(a) He tells Yezad he will have to work for it.
(b) He grants the advance without question.
(c) He tells Yezad that if he gets an advance he will have to accept more responsibility.
(d) He does not bother to answer Yezad.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yezad's explanation for the extra money?

2. Why does Yezad meet with Vilas and his two actor friends?

3. What message does Mrs. Kapur have for Yezad when he meets her at the store?

4. What does Yezad do when he comes to the fires temple?

5. What excuse does Kapur give for not running for municipal office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yezad's plan to coerce Kapur to run for municipal council backfire?

2. What happens to Yezad's work situation after Kapur's death?

3. What does Yezad ask Vilas to do about the Christmas decorations, and what is Vilas' reaction?

4. As the family leaves Pleasant Villa for the last time, Roxana and Jehangir look out the car window and see the same bird, but each one interprets it differently. How do Roxana and Jehangir see the bird differently?

5. In what ways do Jal and Yezad begin to act differently after Coomy and Kapur's deaths?

6. How does Jal try to placate Edul Munshi's wife while Edul finishes the work in Jal and Coomy's apartment?

7. What changes in behavior does Kapur make in order to become more like the common people?

8. What excuses do Roxana and Yezad make for Jehangir when his teacher tells them Jehangir has been taking bribes as homework monitor? How is Jehangir punished?

9. When Yezad wakes up during the night with chest pains, what does he attribute the cause to?

10. What effect has acting as homework monitor had on Jehangir?

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