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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 60 - 135.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Radha and Manju take a yearly visit to their home village from Mumbai, where do they get off the train, according to the narrator in Part One?
(a) Mangalore.
(b) Chennai.
(c) Pune.
(d) Kolkata.

2. How much older is Radha than Manju Kumar?
(a) 4 years older.
(b) 2 years older.
(c) 1 year older.
(d) 3 years older.

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

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

5. What word from the Prologue means "darkness"?
(a) Ital.
(b) Kattale.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Kannada.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is said to be Tommy Sir's favorite deodorant?

3. In what year did Sunny Gavaskar lose the ability to leave the ball outside the off-stump according to Tommy Sir in Part One?

4. When Manju, Radha, and their father reach the MIG Cricket Club in Part One, they are told that Tommy Sir does not arrive before what time?

5. Who is Mohan's new landlord after they leave the slum for a better neighborhood?

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