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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nariman's occupation?

2. What do Coomy and Jal do at home to keep Nariman from coming back?

3. When Coomy calls in Dr. Tarapore, what is his concern about Nariman?

4. What does the Chenoy family argue about at supper after returning from Chateau Felicity with Nariman?

5. What relation is Roxana to Jal and Coomy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the living conditions for the Chenoy family.

2. How has the Chenoy family financial situation affected Murad and Jehangir?

3. What is Yezad's solution when both boys want to sleep on the balcony, and what does it tell you about Yezad's character?

4. What effect is Nariman's prolonged stay having on Roxana and Yezad, and what does Nariman tell them to do about it?

5. Describe Nariman's relationship with his grandsons.

6. Describe the tactics Coomy uses to convince Roxana to let Nariman stay at Roxana's.

7. Describe the atmosphere in the Vakeel home after Roxana and her family arrive.

8. What do you know of VIkram Kapur from the incidents in Chapter 7?

9. What is the significance of Yezad's visit to Villie Cardmaster?

10. What is Nariman's relationship with his family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yezad in intent upon furthering himself at work. Is his desire based on ambition, greed, or just a need to have more money? Would he be likely to accept the responsibility an advancement at work would require? Would Yezad make a good manager?

Essay Topic 2

Late in the book, Yezad discovers that there are really only two things that matter: religion and family. Show how both elements were important throughout the book to individual characters as well as methods by which Mistry told the story.

Essay Topic 3

The author of Family Matters uses flashback to fill in parts of the story. Through whose eyes do we experience the flashbacks and how are they important to the story? Do the flashbacks help you learn any more about the character than what the front story tells? Is this a useful technique to employ in this story? Why/why not?

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