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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. Where has Manju been injured when he bats the winning game in Part One?

2. What is the "lord's golden spear" referred to as at the Subramanya temple?

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

4. What is the mother tongue for Manju and Radha?

5. How many rupees each month is Mehta obligated to give the Kumars, according to the contract Mohan signs in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rules has Mohan Kumar established for his sons?

2. What causes the conflict between the Kumar brothers and Javed Ansari in Part One?

3. Who is Subramanya and what is his significance in the novel?

4. What is the significance of the show "Young Lions" in the novel?

5. How does Radha respond to Manju's scholarship from Karim Ali? Why?

6. What tone and mood are established in the opening of the novel?

7. What causes the growing rift between Radha and Manju in the second section of Part One?

8. What is implied regarding Mohan's broken leg in Part One?

9. What scholarship does Manju received from Karim Ali in Part One? How does he respond?

10. What is noted about Manju's thumb when he plays the game before the Mumbai cricket recruiter in Part One? Why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Javed Ansari in the novel. Where does Javed live? What is his family like? How would you describe Javed's relationship with Manju?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Manju Kumar as the protagonist of Selection Day. How old is Manju when the novel begins? How old is he when it ends? What changes does Manju undergo in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Where does the Kumar family move from Dahisar? How is this setting described? How are the old home and new home compared and contrasted in the narrative? How do they afford the move?

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