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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Coach Sawant tell Mohan he has to leave during the meeting with Tommy Sir in Part One?
(a) Because Tommy Sir wants to adopt the boys.
(b) Because Tommy Sir will speak to him afterwards.
(c) Because Tommy Sir is agorophobic.
(d) Because Tommy Sir hates fathers.

3. 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) Pune.
(c) Kolkata.
(d) Chennai.

4. Who is the principal of the Alii Weinberg International School?
(a) Patricia D'Mello.
(b) Eknath Solkar.
(c) Ravi Shastri.
(d) Anand Mehta.

5. 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) "Commerce."
(b) "Poverty."
(c) "Instinct."
(d) "Culture."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the "spotty-necked" girl's father own a chemical plant?

2. The spotty-necked girl says, regarding cricket, when she is out with Manju and Radha in Part One that nothing that does what can be called a sport?

3. To what neighborhood do Mohan and his sons move after they have saved enough money to leave the slum?

4. The narrator in Part One says, "Revenge is the capitalism of" what?

5. The narrator asserts in Part One, "All batting - all good batting - starts with" what?

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