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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tommy Sir tells Pramod in Part One of Manju, "Pramod, the idea that the boy has to be either real or a fake is" what?
(a) "A very standard belief."
(b) "A very Easter piece of logic."
(c) "A very Western piece of logic."
(d) "An arbitrary belief in chance."

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

3. How many rupees each month is Mehta obligated to give the Kumars, according to the contract Mohan signs in Part One?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 5,000.

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

5. Who is described in Part One as the "father of modern education in the suburb of Bandra"?
(a) Ravi Shastri.
(b) Karim Ali.
(c) Eknath Solkar.
(d) Anand Mehta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell pen-tops they really are in the opening of the novel?

2. When did Tommy Sir get married?

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

4. 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"?

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

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