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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as the "Permanent Boss of the city" that lives at the Matoshree compound in Part One?
(a) Bal Thackeray.
(b) Anand Mehta.
(c) Pramod Sawant.
(d) Tommy Sir.

2. What is the name of the building where Mohan moves with his sons after leaving the slum?
(a) The Talao Building.
(b) The Sawant Building.
(c) The Tattvamasi Building.
(d) The Thackeray Building.

3. What is said to be Tommy Sir's favorite deodorant?
(a) White Musk.
(b) Axe Deodorant for Men.
(c) Patchouli.
(d) Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder.

4. In an article that Tommy Sir published three years ago in the Mumbai Sun, he wrote that "cricket is the triumph of civilization over" what?
(a) "Culture."
(b) "Poverty."
(c) "Instinct."
(d) "Commerce."

5. When does Part One of the novel open?
(a) Three weeks before Selection Day.
(b) Three months before Selection Day.
(c) Three years before Selection Day.
(d) Two years before Selection Day.

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

7. Whom does Srinivas describe discovering as a cricket player for India when he meets the cricketers practicing with Manju in Part One?
(a) Ravi Shastri.
(b) Dhobi Talao.
(c) Bal Thackeray.
(d) B.B. Balasubramaniam.

8. Who is described as "the face" of cricket in Part One?
(a) Eknath Solkar.
(b) Dhobi Talao.
(c) Ravi Shastri.
(d) Javed Ansari.

9. What is the mother tongue for Manju and Radha?
(a) Kannada.
(b) Bindi.
(c) Offal.
(d) Kattale.

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

11. Who is Mohar's neighbor that he encounters after leaving his sons at the MIG Cricket Club?
(a) Anand Mehta.
(b) Bal Thackeray.
(c) Ramnath.
(d) Pramod Sawant.

12. When did Tommy Sir get married?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1974.

13. What letter is sequined on the handbag of the spotty-necked girl when she goes out to eat with Manju and Radha?
(a) H.
(b) S.
(c) R.
(d) I.

14. The narrator says in Part One that "There is a Chutney Mafia in this city, run by men called" what?
(a) "Sawant."
(b) "Tommy Sir."
(c) "Shetty."
(d) "Spotty neck."

15. How old is Pramod Sawant described during his meeting with Tommy Sir in the beginning of Part One?
(a) His late 20s.
(b) His early 40s.
(c) His late 40s.
(d) His early 30s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pramod describe the younger Kumar batting today in a cricket game when talking to Tommy Sir in Part One?

2. What does the narrator tell pen-tops they really are in the opening of the novel?

3. Whom does Mohan make a call to regarding the status of a piece of ancestral land in his village in Part One?

4. What animal does the narrator describe a magician bringing to Mohan's village thirty years ago in Part One?

5. In Mohan's "Cricket Rules," what is one to do with one's head?

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