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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 136 - 194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Manju score at the Harris Shield exhibition in Part One?
(a) 512 runs.
(b) 412 runs.
(c) 362 runs.
(d) 497 runs.

2. The narrator asserts in Part One, "All batting - all good batting - starts with" what?
(a) "Timing."
(b) "Placement."
(c) "The wrists."
(d) "Superstition."

3. How long ago does the narrator say Manju and Radha's father brought them to Mumbai when Pramod first begins following Manju's games in Part One?
(a) 5 years ago.
(b) 9 years ago.
(c) 7 years ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

4. The narrator says in Part One, "One morning, over 100 million years ago, India left Eden and went looking for" what?
(a) "America."
(b) "Russia."
(c) "Tibet."
(d) "Europe."

5. Who is the neighbor that Mohan rants to about the influence of Javed (whom he refers to as "that Mohammedan boy"?
(a) Pramod Sawant.
(b) Eknath Solkar.
(c) Jignesh Seth.
(d) Mrs. Shastri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Prologue means "darkness"?

2. What Biblical verse is cited in the opening of the novel with the line: "My heritage is ... like a lion in the forest; it criest out against me"?

3. What town in the Satara district does Tommy Sir hike around each year by himself?

4. What does Javed encourage Manju to do about Mehta after his late-night visit?

5. How much of Mohar's sons' future earnings to become the legal property of Shri Mehta, according to the contract that Mohan has signed in Part One?

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