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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 59.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mother tongue for Manju and Radha?
(a) Offal.
(b) Kannada.
(c) Kattale.
(d) Bindi.

2. What does "MIG" refer to in the MIG Cricket Club?
(a) Middle Income Group.
(b) Medical Investment Group.
(c) Multiple Imaging Group.
(d) Men's Investment Group.

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

4. Why does Manju's father refuse to let him sit on the train on the way to cricket practice in Part One?
(a) Because he does not want his son to feel happiness.
(b) Because there is water on the seats.
(c) Because he does not want him to fall asleep.
(d) Because it is impolite to sit on the train.

5. In what year did Sunny Gavaskar lose the ability to leave the ball outside the off-stump according to Tommy Sir in Part One?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Pramod Sawant the head cricket coach in Part One?

3. 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"?

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

5. Whom does Manju and Radha's father say has given a secret blessing to his family in Part One?

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