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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 195 - 242.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What animal does the narrator describe a magician bringing to Mohan's village thirty years ago in Part One?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A dove.

3. Where is Mohan taken when he is injured after an argument with his sons in Part One?
(a) St. Mary's Hospital.
(b) Anderson Central Hospital.
(c) St. George Hospital.
(d) St. Paul Hospital.

4. What ultimatum does Javed give to Manju when he offers him a place to stay after Selection Day?
(a) To attend college.
(b) To stop playing cricket.
(c) To tell his brother off.
(d) To sever ties with his mother.

5. What is the festival of the Mother Goddess referred to as in the narrative?
(a) Budha Purnima.
(b) Dusshera.
(c) Shivratri.
(d) Durga Puja.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Srinivas describe discovering as a cricket player for India when he meets the cricketers practicing with Manju in Part One?

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

4. The narrator in Part One says, "Revenge is the capitalism of" what?

5. Where does Javed take Manju in a taxi after telling him that he is leaving cricket?

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