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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 finally happens to Sarosh on the plane flight back to India?

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

3. What does Mr. Karani first tell Boman is the only remedy to Boman's paying guests problem?

4. Why is Viraf so distraught by the end of "Of White Hairs and Crickets?"

5. Why doesn't Percy want to return to Bombay when Kersi returns for a visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the relationship between Boman and Kasmira and the paying guests begin?

2. What does Sarosh's troubles in Toronto really reflect upon?

3. Why is it that Khorshedbai's husband, Ardesar, does not question his wife's disgusting actions against the landlord?

4. Why does Daddy stop taking the boys to play cricket at maidaan?

5. What problem does Boman have with taking Mr Karani's advice to not take in paying guests?

6. Why is it Jehangir's doing that he and his parents are going to visit Bhagwan Baba for advice on his new girlfriend?

7. How does Daddy react when Kersi puts down the tweezers and goes to read to comics?

8. How does Jehangir explain to the boys the manner in which Nariman tells his stories?

9. In "Of White Hairs and Cricket," why does Daddy have Kersi pulling the white hairs out of his head?

10. What is it about Jamshed's letter to Kersi that disturbs Kersi so much?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story, "Lend Me Your Light," Kersi wonders, "What would it take to light the lantern in (Jamshed's)...soul?" Explain the meaning of his musing.

Essay Topic 2

How is "Squatter" considered to be a story-within-a-story? What are the elements of this story that belie its complexities?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the author has characters which overlap in the stories. What is the main theme that is embedded within all of the stories? Does the main theme encourage the reader to care about the characters in the Firozsha Baag?

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