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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Manju score at the Harris Shield exhibition in Part One?
(a) 497 runs.
(b) 362 runs.
(c) 412 runs.
(d) 512 runs.

2. Who is Mohan's new landlord after they leave the slum for a better neighborhood?
(a) Dhobi Talao.
(b) B.B. Balasubramaniam.
(c) Pramod Sawant.
(d) Bal Thackeray.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Radha begin chanting at his brother during the meeting at the MIG headquarters in Part One?
(a) "Mangalore."
(b) "Spotty neck."
(c) "Young Lion."
(d) "Kattale."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mohan's rules for his sons, what "will destroy anything, even a secret contract with God"?

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

3. By what term does Tommy Sir describe Mohan as being when he talks to Srinivas at the cricket game in Part One?

4. Where is Pramod Sawant the head cricket coach in Part One?

5. Why does Manju's father refuse to let him sit on the train on the way to cricket practice in Part One?

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