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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 volunteer organization does Rustomji have good remembrances of?
(a) The Social Service League.
(b) Sisters of Charity.
(c) The Times of India Organization.
(d) The Peace Corps.

2. What does Daulat do once she is alone after Moti and Najamai leave?
(a) Goes to sleep.
(b) Cries.
(c) Regrets getting rid of the pugree.
(d) Snuffs out the oil lamp.

3. Who cries out, "Help! Oh quickly! Thief!"?
(a) Najamai.
(b) Francis.
(c) Tehmina.
(d) Silloo.

4. What does Najamai smell in her kitchen upon returning to it after the theft?
(a) Ammonia.
(b) Spilled perfume.
(c) Meat.
(d) Cloves.

5. What is it that Nariman Hansotia cannot convince Rustomji to do?
(a) Replaster the inside of his apartment.
(b) Treat his wife better.
(c) Chip in money to paint the building's exterior.
(d) Hire a plumber to fix the toilet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which voice is the story, "The Ghost of Firozsha Baag," written in?

2. How many sections is the story,"The Collectors" divided into?

3. What does Kersi intend to do after Francis runs off?

4. Why does Jaakaylee leave her hometown to come to Bombay?

5. What does Kersi do his cricket bat at the end of the story, "One Sunday?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Silloo reason away her free use of Naramjai's fridge?

2. In "Condolence Visit," why is it that Daulat is not looking forward to the visits she will receive?

3. How does Daulat feel about her neighbor, Nasjamai?

4. Why does the author, Mistry, go to the trouble to list all of the sounds Silloo hears Najamai making in the apartment above hers when she returns home on Sunday night?

5. Why is Cajetan on Jaakaylee's mind since she has seen the bhoot?

6. What makes Rustomji decide that he can go to the front of a very long line of people waiting for the A-1 bus?

7. Why is Behram roje such an important date for Mehroo?

8. What specially-made recording does Daulat imagine she would have made for Nasjamai if she had the tape recorder?

9. What stops the neighborhood children from making fun of Jaakaylee's visions of a ghost?

10. What leads Tehmina to believe that Francis is much stronger than his slight body build shows?

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