1. Q+A
Vikas Swarup

2. Characters Character Role in Novel Aarman Ali Actor (Salim’s hero)
Urvashi Randhawa
Ali’s one time lover
Mr Shantaram
He is the failed astronomer who abuses Gudiya. Drunk, Ram kills him.
Gupta
The superintendent of the Juvenile Home who tries to molest Salim.
Colonel Taylor
The Australina attaché who turns out to be a spy. (Mrs Taylor/ Roy/Maggie)
Mr Alfred D’Souza
Owner of Jimmy’s Bar (Rosie =daughter)
Akshay
Boy on the rain who tells the dacoit about the rupees.
Balwant Singh
“War hero”
Abbas Rizvi
Film producer Salim saves
Ahmend Khan
Contract murderer.
Shankar
The boy who dies from rabies
Nita
The prostitute Ram falls in love with.
Mrs Swapna Devi
Shakar’s mother
Character
Role in Novel
Ram Mohammed Thomas
Protagonist (Main character) Like a brother to Salim
Salim
Best friend of Ram
Father Timothy
At the orphanage (Father figure for Ram)
Gudiya
Daughter of Mr Shantaram
Sethji /Mamam
Abuser of children (Made beggars of them)
Inspector Godbole
Torturer of RAM
Naleema Kumari
Aging Actress Ram works for her for three years
Smita Shah
Lawyer defending Ram (actually Gudiya)
Prem Kumar
Quiz questions asker.

3. CHAPTER
QUESTION
ANSWER
Write two sentences about why/how Ram comes to know the answer.
Prologue
1000 The Death of a Hero
Name the blockbusting movies in Armaan Ali starred with Priya Kapoor for the very first time:
Fire
Hero
Hunger
Betrayal
D - Betrayal
 Salim’s hero is Arman Ali. He watches all the movies. This chapter tells how his adoration of the actor is destroyed because he is a paedophile.
2000 The Burden of a Priest
What is the sequence of letters normally inscribed on a cross?
IRNI
INRI
RINI
NIRI
B – INRI
 Ram is left an orphan and “adopted” by Father Timothy. He lives with the priest. The Priest is killed by Father John Liddle. Ian is Father Timothy’s son

4. 5000 A Brother’s Promise
Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
A – Pluto
B – Mars
C- Neptune
D - Mercury
A - Pluto
 Gudiya Shataram has a cat called Pluto. Her father is the astronomer/ drunk. He molests Gudiya. Ram is so angry that he pushes Mr Shantaram over the ailing and kills him.
A Thought for the Crippled
Surdas, the blind poet, was a devotee of which God?
A – Ram
B- Krishna
C- Shiva
D – Brahma
B - Krishna
 Salim and Ram are chosen from the orphanage to go to the “special school” of Maman. He cripples young children to make them beggars for him. Salim has a beautiful voice and Maman plans to blind him. They overhear this and run away.
How to Speak Australian
When a government declares a person persona non grata, what does it mean?
A – the diplomat is to be honoured
B – the diplomat’s tenure is to be extended
C – the diplomat is grateful
D – the diplomat is not acceptable
 Ram gets a job at the Taylor’s home. He is the man who knows everything. Actually he is a spy and has the rooms bugged. Ram earns rupess Ram exposes C.T. using his Australian accent.

5. Hold On To Your Buttons
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
A – Port Louis
B – Port au Prince
C – Port Moresby
D – Port Adelaide
 The owner of the button hole factory. Marries a voodoo priestess. She shows him how to torture his brother. Then she kills him.
Murder on the Western
Express
Who invented the revolver?
A – Samuel Colt
B – Bruce Browning
C – Dan Wesson
D – James Revolver
A - Colt
 Ram is travelling by train to Delhi with his rupees. Meets a family. Dacoit comes in to rob them. He kills the Dacoit with the colt.
A Soldier’s Tale
Which is the highest award for gallantry given to the Indian forces?
A – Maha Vir Shakra
B – Param Vir Chakra
C – Shaurya Chakra
D – Ashok Chakra
B – Param Vir
Chakra
 India is at war with Pakistan. The boys are living in the chawl. They hear war stories from Balwant Singh a war hero. Battle of Mandiala Bridge.His story is a lie.
Hangs himself from the celing

6. Licence to Kill
How many Test centuries has India’s greatest batsman Sachin Tendulkar scored?
A – 34
B – 35
C – 36
D - 37
C - 36
 Ram meets Salim in Delhi. Salim tells him how he has been living with contract murderer Ahmad Khan. Contracted to kill Abbas Rizvi. Changes the contract to Maman. Ahmad loves cricket.
Tragedy Queen
Neelima Kumari, the Tragedy Queen, won the National Award in which year?
A – 1984
B – 1988
C – 1986 D
 After they run away from Maman, Ram gets work at Neelima Kumari as a servant. He works for her for tree years. When she commits suicide he runs away.

7. X Gkrz Opknu
In which one of Shakespeare’s play is there a character called Costard?
A – King Lear
B – The Merchant of Venice
C- Love’s Labour’s Lost
D - Othello
C – Love’s Labour’s
Lost
 Ram works as a guide at the Taj Mahaal. He meets Nita and falls in love. He meets Shankar the autistic child and discovers who his mother is. He saves a man’s child (rabies).
The Thirteenth
Question
Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.29, Opus 106, Also known as the ‘Hammerklavier Sonata’, is in which key?
A – B flat major
B – G minor
C – E flat major
D – C minor
A - B flat major
 Ram answers the last question. He is given another last question. He meets Prem Kumar in the toilet and threatens to kill him. He is the abuser of Neelima and Nita.
Can’t kill him. Guesses the answer by flipping his coin – coin has no tails.
Wins competition. Smita is Gudiya. Marries Nita.