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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the story, "Auspicious Occasion," what does Rustomji do for a living?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a businessman.
(c) He is a matchmaker.
(d) He is a lawyer.

2. What does Jaakaylee want the bai to purchase in order to make life easier?
(a) A masala machine.
(b) A motorcar.
(c) A vacuum cleaner.
(d) A video machine.

3. Where does Jehangir end up sleeping after his date with Behroze at her home?
(a) In his car.
(b) In his own bed.
(c) At Behroze's home.
(d) Outside his apartment door.

4. Why does Rustomji shout at the boys of Firozsha Baag?
(a) For getting plaster in his bathtub.
(b) For not fixing his toilet.
(c) For robbing apartments.
(d) For playing cricket there.

5. Who has a long white beard, has a paunch and is nearly seventy-five years old?
(a) Dustoor Dhunjisha.
(b) Daaruk Gupta.
(c) Fahad Singh.
(d) Jaabir Malik.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kersi use his cricket bat for now?

2. What is Sarosh's tone when he promises at a party to return to Bombay in ten years if he is not fully Canadian by then?

3. What does one man in line to see Bhagwan Baba tell the others most definitely signifies something?

4. What does Dr. Burjor Mody assume principalship of in "The Collectors" just before moving to Firozsha Baag?

5. Why do Boman and Kashmira decide they need the entire flat back for themselves?

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