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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 195 - 242.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Part One, "One morning, over 100 million years ago, India left Eden and went looking for" what?
(a) "Russia."
(b) "Europe."
(c) "America."
(d) "Tibet."

2. How many missed calls are on Manju's cell phone when he hands it over to Javed a week after Selection Day?
(a) 2.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 23.

3. Where does Javed's friend suggest they go to Mad Max racing?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Dubai.
(c) Powai.
(d) Mangalore.

4. To what neighborhood do Mohan and his sons move after they have saved enough money to leave the slum?
(a) Chembur.
(b) Govandi.
(c) Trombay.
(d) Mankhurd.

5. Who is the neighbor that Mohan rants to about the influence of Javed (whom he refers to as "that Mohammedan boy"?
(a) Jignesh Seth.
(b) Pramod Sawant.
(c) Eknath Solkar.
(d) Mrs. Shastri.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Where has Javed recently gone on a trip with his father when he meets with Manju at the restaurant to discuss college?

4. What letter is sequined on the handbag of the spotty-necked girl when she goes out to eat with Manju and Radha?

5. How old is Pramod Sawant described during his meeting with Tommy Sir in the beginning of Part One?

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