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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. In Nariman's dream about a time when Lucy worked for another family in his building, what is Lucy doing?
(a) Crying and complaining about the heavy work load.
(b) Singing as she cleans the apartment.
(c) Singing and threatening to jump.
(d) Crying and threatening to quit.

2. What good news does Yezad have when he comes home from work?
(a) Nariman is going home.
(b) Kapur is selling the store.
(c) He got a raise.
(d) The elevator is working.

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

4. What message does Mrs. Kapur have for Yezad when he meets her at the store?
(a) Only Yezad can learn to run the store as Kapur did.
(b) She offers to sell the store to Yezad.
(c) The store is closed, but he is needed to do inventory.
(d) The store is closed and he must clear out his things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Alvarez ask to speak to Jehangir's parents?

2. Why is the store closed when Yezad returns to work the day after Coomy's funeral?

3. How did Kapur react to Yezad's story in Chapter 15?

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

5. What upsets the inspector most about the Parsi community?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Mr. Kapur's wife's reasons for not wanting him to run for public office?

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

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

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. Describe why both Roxana and Yezad are puzzled about the amount of money in the budget envelopes.

6. What happens with Kapur and the children when Kapur puts on his Santa costume?

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

8. What did Murad do in order to have enough money to buy Christmas presents for his family?

9. Why does Jal take money from his account and go to visit Roxana?

10. 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?

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