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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is Mohan taken when he is injured after an argument with his sons in Part One?
(a) Anderson Central Hospital.
(b) St. Mary's Hospital.
(c) St. George Hospital.
(d) St. Paul Hospital.

5. What does "MIG" refer to in the MIG Cricket Club?
(a) Men's Investment Group.
(b) Medical Investment Group.
(c) Multiple Imaging Group.
(d) Middle Income Group.

6. By what term does Tommy Sir describe Mohan as being when he talks to Srinivas at the cricket game in Part One?
(a) A lazy father.
(b) A control freak.
(c) A cheat.
(d) A manipulator.

7. Where does the "spotty-necked" girl's father own a chemical plant?
(a) Thane.
(b) Govandi.
(c) Chembur.
(d) Mankhurd.

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

9. In what year did Sunny Gavaskar lose the ability to leave the ball outside the off-stump according to Tommy Sir in Part One?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1972.

10. What playwright does Tommy Sir quote in Part One in saying, "... they haven't spoken English in America in decades"?
(a) George Bernard Shaw.
(b) Samuel Beckett.
(c) Arthur Miller.
(d) William Shakespeare.

11. What is Manju's favorite television show?
(a) "Wheel of Fortune."
(b) "CSI Las Vegas."
(c) "Jeopardy."
(d) "Young Lions."

12. According to Mohan's rules for his sons, a boy must not shave until he is what age?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 21.

13. Why does Coach Sawant tell Mohan he has to leave during the meeting with Tommy Sir in Part One?
(a) Because Tommy Sir will speak to him afterwards.
(b) Because Tommy Sir hates fathers.
(c) Because Tommy Sir wants to adopt the boys.
(d) Because Tommy Sir is agorophobic.

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

15. Who is described in Part One as the "father of modern education in the suburb of Bandra"?
(a) Ravi Shastri.
(b) Eknath Solkar.
(c) Karim Ali.
(d) Anand Mehta.

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. How much money was Mohan forced to pay for a security deposit on his new home after leaving the slum?

3. When Manju, Radha, and their father reach the MIG Cricket Club in Part One, they are told that Tommy Sir does not arrive before what time?

4. What does Manju score at the Harris Shield exhibition in Part One?

5. How much money does Manju carry to buy peanuts and water after the cricket game in Part One?

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