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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 136 - 194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Part One, "All batting - all good batting - starts with" what?
(a) "Timing."
(b) "Superstition."
(c) "Placement."
(d) "The wrists."

2. Where does Javed tell Manju to take a train and meet him after he calls to tell Javed about Mehta's middle-of-the-night visit?
(a) Navi Mumbai.
(b) Santacruz.
(c) Mangalore.
(d) The Oval Maidan.

3. 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) "A very Easter piece of logic."
(b) "An arbitrary belief in chance."
(c) "A very standard belief."
(d) "A very Western piece of logic."

4. At what unhygienic nearby food cart do Manju and Radha go with the spotty-necked girl before school in Part One?
(a) Alur's Fast Food Hut.
(b) Dhobi's Fast Food Hut.
(c) Anand's Fast Food Hut.
(d) Thambi's Fast Food Hut.

5. When Radha and Manju take a yearly visit to their home village from Mumbai, where do they get off the train, according to the narrator in Part One?
(a) Kolkata.
(b) Pune.
(c) Mangalore.
(d) Chennai.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an article that Tommy Sir published three years ago in the Mumbai Sun, he wrote that "cricket is the triumph of civilization over" what?

2. In what city of England does Manju train for cricket?

3. What Biblical verse is cited in the opening of the novel with the line: "My heritage is ... like a lion in the forest; it criest out against me"?

4. How old is Javed when he loses his virginity?

5. 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?

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