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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of Mohar's sons' future earnings to become the legal property of Shri Mehta, according to the contract that Mohan has signed in Part One?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-third.
(d) Two-thirds.

2. Who is the girl who is described as the "spotty-necked one" at Manju's school?
(a) Marie.
(b) Sofia.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sarah.

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

4. Who is Mohar's neighbor that he encounters after leaving his sons at the MIG Cricket Club?
(a) Ramnath.
(b) Bal Thackeray.
(c) Pramod Sawant.
(d) Anand Mehta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how much money is the interest-free loan that Mehta gives Mohan to relocate his family?

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

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

4. Who is described as the "Permanent Boss of the city" that lives at the Matoshree compound in Part One?

5. According to Mohan's rules for his sons, a boy must not shave until he is what age?

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