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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has J.A. given to the spotty-necked girl that she shows to Manju and Radha before school in Part One?
(a) A love poem.
(b) A book.
(c) A flower.
(d) A necklace.

3. Who is described in Part One as the "father of modern education in the suburb of Bandra"?
(a) Ravi Shastri.
(b) Karim Ali.
(c) Anand Mehta.
(d) Eknath Solkar.

4. What is Manju's favorite television show?
(a) "Jeopardy."
(b) "Young Lions."
(c) "CSI Las Vegas."
(d) "Wheel of Fortune."

5. What playwright does Tommy Sir quote in Part One in saying, "... they haven't spoken English in America in decades"?
(a) Arthur Miller.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) George Bernard Shaw.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much of Mohar's sons' future earnings to become the legal property of Shri Mehta, according to the contract that Mohan has signed in Part One?

3. Whom does Srinivas describe discovering as a cricket player for India when he meets the cricketers practicing with Manju in Part One?

4. By what nickname is Manju and Radha's father called?

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

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