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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1972.

2. According to Mohan's rules for his sons, a boy must not shave until he is what age?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 21.

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?
(a) Requires padding.
(b) Uses a timer.
(c) Requires a bat.
(d) Stops for lunch.

4. What word from the Prologue means "darkness"?
(a) Hindi.
(b) Kannada.
(c) Ital.
(d) Kattale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money was Mohan forced to pay for a security deposit on his new home after leaving the slum?

2. 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?

3. What playwright does Tommy Sir quote in Part One in saying, "... they haven't spoken English in America in decades"?

4. When does Part One of the novel open?

5. What instrument does the legless man play at the train station, according to the narrator in Part One?

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