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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) 10:00.
(b) 8:00.
(c) 11:00.
(d) 9:00.

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

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) Psalm 27:4.
(b) Proverbs 17:17.
(c) Jeremiah 12:8.
(d) John 15:13.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Sunny Gavaskar lose the ability to leave the ball outside the off-stump according to Tommy Sir in Part One?

2. How old does Tommy Sir say he was when he began working on a history of the Maratha campaign at the third battle of Panipat in Part One?

3. How long ago does the narrator say Manju and Radha's father brought them to Mumbai when Pramod first begins following Manju's games in Part One?

4. 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?

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

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