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

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) Speak in a British accent.
(b) Call his mother.
(c) Sing for him.
(d) Perform in a cricket game.

2. Who is the player who got Radha out of the game on Selection Day?
(a) Dhobi Talao.
(b) Deennawaz Shah.
(c) Jignesh Seth.
(d) Eknath Solkar.

3. What is the sacred serpent called that the god Subramanya rides?
(a) Moharram.
(b) Shivratri.
(c) Vasuki.
(d) Dusshera.

4. What is Manju's answer when Javed asks him, "Did you think of your family when you were over in England?"
(a) "Sometimes."
(b) "Every day."
(c) "Often."
(d) "Not once."

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

6. How much money does the uncle of the cricket player that was attacked by Radha want in compensation from Mehta?
(a) 75,000 rupees.
(b) 50,000 rupees.
(c) 100,000 rupees.
(d) 25,000 rupees.

7. What is the sacred fire within the Subramanya temple referred to as in the narrative?
(a) The aarthi.
(b) The arrk.
(c) This vis.
(d) The vasuki.

8. What does Tommy Sir do after his confrontation with Manju in the dressing room the day after Selection Day?
(a) He calls his wife.
(b) He calls Mohan.
(c) He calls Tommy Sir.
(d) He smokes a cigarette.

9. To whose house is Radha fleeing in his home village after the attack on Selection Day?
(a) Uncle Jignesh's house.
(b) Uncle Ravi's house.
(c) Uncle Ramnath's house.
(d) Uncle Revanna's house.

10. Who is the bar manager that serves Mohan when he goes to the bar in the morning after Selection Day?
(a) Ramnath.
(b) Alur.
(c) Mr. Shetty.
(d) Jignesh.

11. What cricket term refers to each of the three stumps with two bails at the top at either end of the pitch?
(a) Anchor.
(b) Appeal.
(c) Wicket.
(d) Bail.

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

13. Where did Radha catch a bus as he fled after attacking the cricket player on Selection Day?
(a) Santacruz.
(b) Mangalore.
(c) Crawford Market.
(d) The Oval Maidan.

14. Where does Anand Mehta say he is dealing with the mafia after the game on Selection Day?
(a) In London.
(b) In Cairo.
(c) In Mangalore.
(d) In Dhanbad.

15. For how long is Manju's scholarship to last in England?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the old man offer to Radha after the game on Selection Day?

3. Who is the neighbor that Mohan rants to about the influence of Javed (whom he refers to as "that Mohammedan boy"?

4. What is the name of Javed's brother who was five years older than him?

5. What does the career counselor tell Manju his family has traditionally done for a living?

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