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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nariman expect to hear from the boys at suspenseful parts of his stories?
(a) Questions as to what comes next.
(b) The answers to his questions.
(c) Guesses as to what happens next.
(d) Laughter.

2. Why is Viraf so distraught by the end of "Of White Hairs and Crickets?"
(a) He is ill.
(b) His family has to move.
(c) His father is very sick.
(d) He can no longer play cricket.

3. What are Daddy's tweezers compared to?
(a) The kerosene going into the stove.
(b) A cricket bat.
(c) The needle in Virag's father.
(d) A razor.

4. What school degree does Mr. Karani hold?
(a) CA.
(b) Ph.D.
(c) None.
(d) B.Com.

5. What image does Korshedbai carry at the back of her mind?
(a) Kashmira in her apartment.
(b) Pigeons being fed by her husband.
(c) A flock of crows pecking something dead.
(d) Her bird in the cage.

6. What does Mamajii always try to give Kersi to eat?
(a) Tasty, spicy snacks.
(b) Undercooked foods.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Candy.

7. What was once Kashmira's devout ambition in life?
(a) To be a landlady.
(b) To become a tenancy lawyer.
(c) To finish her schooling.
(d) To do social work.

8. What does Viraf's and Kersi's private signal sound like?
(a) A yodel.
(b) A bird song.
(c) Knuckles cracking.
(d) Finger-snapping.

9. When Jehangir is allowed to go out alone at night, what does he find fascinating at the children's playground?
(a) The ayahs with children.
(b) The men's gym there.
(c) Couples necking on the benches.
(d) Couples returning from the cinema.

10. What finally happens to Sarosh on the plane flight back to India?
(a) He has a movement, Canadian-style.
(b) He squats for a movement, as usual.
(c) He has an acute anxiety attack.
(d) He is ecstatic when the plane takes off.

11. Why does Kashmira make a comment about a pretty foreign stamp on Khorshedbai's letter?
(a) To see if Khorshedbai is going to travel.
(b) For a clue as to who the writer is.
(c) To discover how wealthy the woman might be.
(d) She collects stamps and wants it.

12. Why doesn't Percy want to return to Bombay when Kersi returns for a visit?
(a) Because Jamshed will be there.
(b) Because of the money issues.
(c) He feels superior to his brother.
(d) He is jealous of Kersi.

13. Why is it that Khorshedbai does not get rid of her noisy bangles in "The Paying Guests?"
(a) For the money they are worth.
(b) Not to offend Ardessar.
(c) They announce her presence.
(d) The elegent look they give her.

14. Why does Kersi go to Jamshed's house with Percy one day?
(a) To have lunch.
(b) To gossip about school mates.
(c) To hear the My Fair Lady album.
(d) To fly airplanes.

15. Why do Boman and Kashmira decide they need the entire flat back for themselves?
(a) They no longer need the money.
(b) They want their privacy and the veranda.
(c) Korshedbai becomes unpredictable.
(d) Kashmira becomes pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Savukshaw's secret?

2. Why would Tehmina curse anyone who passes in front of her early in the morning as she faces the rising sun?

3. At the end of "Squatter," what tale does Nariman agree to tell the next time?

4. What does Jehangir plan on telling Behroze when he visits her while her parents and Shanti are gone?

5. What does Sarosh have trouble doing?

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