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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 136 - 194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anand Mehta demand that Manju do when he visits him in the middle of the night after Manju has had a press conference?
(a) Sing for him.
(b) Call his mother.
(c) Perform in a cricket game.
(d) Speak in a British accent.

2. What video game does Radha discover when he first visits the cybercafe?
(a) Super Mario Brothers.
(b) War of Warcraft.
(c) Grand Theft Auto.
(d) Zelda.

3. Who is on the news after surpassing Manju's batting record?
(a) Ravi Shastri.
(b) Jignesh Seth.
(c) T.E. Sarfraz Khan.
(d) B.B. Balasubramaniam.

4. At what unhygienic nearby food cart do Manju and Radha go with the spotty-necked girl before school in Part One?
(a) Alur's Fast Food Hut.
(b) Anand's Fast Food Hut.
(c) Thambi's Fast Food Hut.
(d) Dhobi's Fast Food Hut.

5. 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?
(a) 8:30.
(b) 7:30.
(c) 5:30.
(d) 6:30.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what school does Manju train in cricket while in England?

2. What musician, described as "a poet, and a Parsi, and a gay" does Javed imitate in the novel?

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. Where has Manju been injured when he bats the winning game in Part One?

5. In what year did Sunny Gavaskar lose the ability to leave the ball outside the off-stump according to Tommy Sir in Part One?

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