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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who intervenes when Mohan goes to slap Radha when his batting average falls in Part One?
(a) Eknath Solkar.
(b) Tommy Sir.
(c) Anand Mehta.
(d) Jignesh Seth.

2. In an interview with Manju after he has returned from England he is asked, "What is the food like?" What is Manju's response?
(a) "I liked the haggis."
(b) "The food is delicious."
(c) "The food is strange."
(d) "The cheese is smelly."

3. To what college is Manju accepted?
(a) Elphinstone College.
(b) Ruia College.
(c) L S Raheja School of Architecture.
(d) St. Xavier's College.

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

5. Mohan decides to slap Radha a few times after his batting average falls below what, in Part One?
(a) 45.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Pramod Sawant described during his meeting with Tommy Sir in the beginning of Part One?

2. How much of Mohar's sons' future earnings to become the legal property of Shri Mehta, according to the contract that Mohan has signed in Part One?

3. 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?

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"?

5. Who is on the news after surpassing Manju's batting record?

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