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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 does Kersi do his cricket bat at the end of the story, "One Sunday?"
(a) Repairs it again.
(b) Untangles the cord.
(c) Smashes it.
(d) Puts on the rubber grip.

2. What happens to Rustomji that angers him when he departs the A-1 bus?
(a) He is put to the back of the line.
(b) The conductor yells at him for not going upstairs.
(c) He discovers the leaky toilet water is still on him.
(d) Someone spits tobacco juice on him.

3. What did Francis teach Kersi to do?
(a) Fly kites.
(b) Open locks.
(c) Shoot marbles.
(d) Play cricket.

4. What does Rustomji enjoy watching each morning, though he does it surreptitiously?
(a) Television shows.
(b) Gajra adjusting her sari.
(c) Mehroo getting dressed.
(d) The traffic outside.

5. What religion does Jaakaylee follow?
(a) She is Muslim.
(b) She is Hindu.
(c) She is Parsi.
(d) She is Catholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new game does Pesi invent in Firozsha Baag?

2. What becomes a dream deferred for Minocher?

3. What does Daulat discover between the bedpost and the floor as she sprays for bedbugs?

4. Where does Father see the ghosts?

5. What does Najamai smell in her kitchen upon returning to it after the theft?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and why does the bhoot stop the visits to Jaakaylee?

2. Why, when the Firozsha Baag gets a new paint job, is the exterior of every flat painted except Rustomji's?

3. How does Mrs. Mody feel about Jehangir's visits to her home on Sunday mornings?

4. Why does Dr. Mody assume that Jehangir stole the Spanish dancing-lady stamp?

5. Why does Jehangir get involved with Eric?

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

7. What drives Dr. Mody to slap Pesi in front of the boy of Firozsha Baag at play?

8. In "One Sunday," what does Tehmina think of the Boyce's use of Najamai's fridge?

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

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

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