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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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. 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?
(a) B.B. Balasubramaniam.
(b) Javed Ansari.
(c) Bal Thackeray.
(d) Dhobi Talao.

3. What river is described in Part One as "a rock-filled sewer, lit up by egrets and the flutter of a paddy-bird returning to its nest of twigs"?
(a) The Indus River.
(b) The Dahisar River.
(c) The Ganges River.
(d) The Godavari River.

4. What word from the Prologue means "darkness"?
(a) Kannada.
(b) Kattale.
(c) Ital.
(d) Hindi.

5. According to Mohan's rules for his sons, a boy must not shave until he is what age?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

6. What has J.A. given to the spotty-necked girl that she shows to Manju and Radha before school in Part One?
(a) A book.
(b) A love poem.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A flower.

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

8. How many man-made elements is Manju to answer on his pop quiz at school in Part One?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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

10. 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) 1972.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1992.

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

12. What is the name of Mumbai's sporting equipment district?
(a) Chheda Nagar.
(b) Alur.
(c) Mangalore.
(d) Dhobi Talao.

13. Whom does Manju and Radha's father say has given a secret blessing to his family in Part One?
(a) Lord Subramanya.
(b) Lord Ganapati.
(c) Lord Brahma.
(d) Lord Vishnu.

14. Who is the manager of Deepa Bar?
(a) Dhobi Talao.
(b) Mr. Shetty.
(c) Ramnath.
(d) B.B. Balasubramaniam.

15. Tommy Sir tells Pramod in Part One of Manju, "Pramod, the idea that the boy has to be either real or a fake is" what?
(a) "An arbitrary belief in chance."
(b) "A very Easter piece of logic."
(c) "A very standard belief."
(d) "A very Western piece of logic."

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money was Mohan forced to pay for a security deposit on his new home after leaving the slum?

2. How much older is Radha than Manju Kumar?

3. What is the only thing in this world that is tasteless, according to the narrator in the beginning of the novel?

4. How much money does Manju carry to buy peanuts and water after the cricket game in Part One?

5. Where does the "spotty-necked" girl's father own a chemical plant?

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