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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Nur's room appear when Deven first arrived in Chapter 3?
(a) Sparse and gloomy.
(b) Elegant and regal.
(c) Neat and orderly.
(d) Bright and lively.

3. Why does Deven begin to wonder if agreeing to interview Nur for Murad's magazine was wise?
(a) He barely knows Murad.
(b) Murad has let him down many times before.
(c) Murad is old and senile.
(d) Murad does not know anything about Nur.

4. What does Deven do the first evening he meets Nur when he sees Nur sneak away from the crowd?
(a) He proceeds to drink nervously and become very drunk.
(b) He leaves the house.
(c) He follows Nur.
(d) He stays and eats with his friends.

5. What subject does Deven teach at the university?
(a) Urdu.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Math.
(d) Hindi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures descend on the dead animal after it is hit by the bus Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?

2. What is Deven's occupation?

3. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?

4. What does Deven's bus seat-mate say is the only thing that exists between life and death?

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

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