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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Part One of the novel open?
(a) Three weeks before Selection Day.
(b) Three years before Selection Day.
(c) Two years before Selection Day.
(d) Three months before Selection Day.

3. How old does Tommy Sir say he was when he began working on a history of the Maratha campaign at the third battle of Panipat in Part One?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 26.
(d) 32.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Manju's favorite television show?

3. The spotty-necked girl says, regarding cricket, when she is out with Manju and Radha in Part One that nothing that does what can be called a sport?

4. 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"?

5. What animal does the narrator describe a magician bringing to Mohan's village thirty years ago in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator describe Mohan beating Manju in the Prologue?

2. What is noted about Manju's thumb when he plays the game before the Mumbai cricket recruiter in Part One? Why is this significant?

3. How is Sofia's character described in the novel?

4. What happens when Manju is sent to the principals office after vandalizing Javed's sports equipment?

5. What rules has Mohan Kumar established for his sons?

6. What causes the growing rift between Radha and Manju in the second section of Part One?

7. How would you describe the relationship between Manju and Radha in the beginning of the novel?

8. How is Mohan Kumar described in the narrative?

9. What is implied regarding Mohan's broken leg in Part One?

10. How does Radha respond to Manju's scholarship from Karim Ali? Why?

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