Quiz on the Novel

The Lakers made the playoffs last year.

• True

• False

Before the boxing match, Gideon Mandoma and Peekay call each other "brother."

• True

• False

Peekay's nanny has been dead for five years.

• True

• False

Peekay's grandmother died during childbirth.

• True

• False

There are at least three characters in the novel that have the last name "Patel."

• True

• False

Hoppie tells Peekay that he can't get married yet because it will interfere with his boxing career.

• True

• False

Peekay agrees with Hoppie that an American cream soda is heaven.

• True

• False

Atherton becomes a rugby star at the Prince of Wales School.

• True

• False

At the railway station, Sarge insists on not being called "sir."

• True

• False

Pik Botha is angry at Hoppie because he let Big Hettie on the train without a ticket.

• True

• False