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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Part One, "All batting - all good batting - starts with" what?
(a) "The wrists."
(b) "Timing."
(c) "Superstition."
(d) "Placement."

2. 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) 1992.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1972.

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

4. To what neighborhood do Mohan and his sons move after they have saved enough money to leave the slum?
(a) Chembur.
(b) Govandi.
(c) Mankhurd.
(d) Trombay.

5. What instrument does the legless man play at the train station, according to the narrator in Part One?
(a) Violin.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Flute.
(d) Banjo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mother tongue for Manju and Radha?

2. When Radha and Manju take a yearly visit to their home village from Mumbai, where do they get off the train, according to the narrator in Part One?

3. Who is the 15-year-old student of the Ali Weinberg School in Bandra that Mohan and his sons watch on television at their new home in Part One?

4. How much older is Radha than Manju Kumar?

5. Whom does Mohan make a call to regarding the status of a piece of ancestral land in his village in Part One?

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