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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Part One of the novel open?
(a) Three weeks before Selection Day.
(b) Three years before Selection Day.
(c) Two years before Selection Day.
(d) Three months before Selection Day.

2. When did Tommy Sir get married?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1982.

3. Who is described as "the face" of cricket in Part One?
(a) Dhobi Talao.
(b) Javed Ansari.
(c) Ravi Shastri.
(d) Eknath Solkar.

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

5. Where does the "spotty-necked" girl's father own a chemical plant?
(a) Chembur.
(b) Thane.
(c) Govandi.
(d) Mankhurd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has J.A. given to the spotty-necked girl that she shows to Manju and Radha before school in Part One?

2. What does Manju score at the Harris Shield exhibition in Part One?

3. 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?

4. For how much money is the interest-free loan that Mehta gives Mohan to relocate his family?

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

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