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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 9:00.
(c) 11:00.
(d) 10:00.

3. What is the only thing in this world that is tasteless, according to the narrator in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Water.
(c) Flesh.
(d) Lemons.

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

5. For how much money is the interest-free loan that Mehta gives Mohan to relocate his family?
(a) 60,000 rupees.
(b) 50,000 rupees.
(c) 30,000 rupees.
(d) 40,000 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mohan's rules for his sons, what "will destroy anything, even a secret contract with God"?

2. When a woman asks Manju for directions to his home after Radha has broken the batting record, he tells her that his father is a businessman in what industries in Part One?

3. At what time would Radha's father take him out every day for cricket practice when he was four years old, according to the narrator in the beginning of the novel?

4. What river is described in Part One as "a rock-filled sewer, lit up by egrets and the flutter of a paddy-bird returning to its nest of twigs"?

5. How many varieties of truth exist, according to Tommy Sir in Part One?

(see the answer key)

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