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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 60 - 135.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing in this world that is tasteless, according to the narrator in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Flesh.
(c) Lemons.
(d) Water.

2. What letter is sequined on the handbag of the spotty-necked girl when she goes out to eat with Manju and Radha?
(a) I.
(b) H.
(c) R.
(d) S.

3. The narrator says in Part One that "There is a Chutney Mafia in this city, run by men called" what?
(a) "Spotty neck."
(b) "Shetty."
(c) "Sawant."
(d) "Tommy Sir."

4. The narrator in Part One says, "Revenge is the capitalism of" what?
(a) "The uneducated."
(b) "The rich."
(c) "The educated."
(d) "The poor."

5. 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 Ganges River.
(b) The Godavari River.
(c) The Dahisar River.
(d) The Indus River.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. At what temple does Mohan deliver money after he has received the first installment of the scholarship fund in Part One?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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