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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says he is the corpse of the Urdu language "waiting to be buried" (42)?
(a) Murad.
(b) Deven's father.
(c) Deven.
(d) Nur.

2. What does Deven suggest Siddiqui do to help him with his work with Nur?
(a) Help him come up with interview questions.
(b) Compile all of Nur's greatest poems.
(c) Submit a proposal to the college for funding for a tape recorder.
(d) Be his note taker.

3. How does Nur describe Deven's relationship with Hindi?
(a) He says Deven is wasting his talents teaching Hindi.
(b) He says Deven is in love with Hindi.
(c) He says Hindi is the ruler and Deven is its slave.
(d) He says he understands teaching Hindi is a means to an end for Deven.

4. Why does Murad get frustrated with Deven at then end of Chapter 5 when he has come up with a solution to Deven's problem of having to keep his job at the college?
(a) Deven tells Murad to interview Nur himself.
(b) Deven refuses Murad's suggestion.
(c) He feels Deven cannot think for himself.
(d) Deven does not understand what Murad is saying.

5. How does Murad describe the Hindi language?
(a) The language of peasants.
(b) That florid language.
(c) The language of aristocrats.
(d) The language of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Nur's clothing when Deven first finds him in his room in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad he can only do as a hobby?

3. Why does Deven begin to wonder if agreeing to interview Nur for Murad's magazine was wise?

4. Why are Murad's teeth black at the start of Chapter 1?

5. What does the old woman agree to do for Deven at the end of Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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