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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pramod describe the younger Kumar batting today in a cricket game when talking to Tommy Sir in Part One?
(a) The Ali Weinberg International School.
(b) The Oval Maidan.
(c) Mangalore.
(d) The Mafia Bar.

2. In Mohan's "Cricket Rules," what is one to do with one's head?
(a) Keep it tilted left.
(b) Keep it down.
(c) Keep it tilted right.
(d) Keep it absolutely still.

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) Kolkata.
(b) Pune.
(c) Mangalore.
(d) Chennai.

4. Where is Pramod Sawant the head cricket coach in Part One?
(a) The London Cricket Association.
(b) The Ali Weinberg International School.
(c) The Bal Thackeray International School.
(d) The Mumbai Cricket Association.

5. What Biblical verse is cited in the opening of the novel with the line: "My heritage is ... like a lion in the forest; it criest out against me"?
(a) Proverbs 17:17.
(b) Jeremiah 12:8.
(c) Psalm 27:4.
(d) John 15:13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing in this world that is tasteless, according to the narrator in the beginning of the novel?

2. According to Mohan's rules for his sons, a boy must not shave until he is what age?

3. When does Part One of the novel open?

4. How much money does Manju carry to buy peanuts and water after the cricket game 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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