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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 & 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color is the shirt Deven wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

3. Who is Nur?
(a) The college principal.
(b) Murad's father.
(c) An Urdu poet.
(d) Deven's father-in-law.

4. What does Deven do when he is approached by a beggar with a python around his neck?
(a) He invites the man to lunch.
(b) He screams and runs away.
(c) He gives him a coin.
(d) He gives the man his tea.

5. What fading language do Murad and Deven lament while at the restaurant in Chapter 1?
(a) Asur.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Bori.
(d) Hindi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought Deven the shirt he wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?

2. What reason does Deven give Murad for his becoming a professor?

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

4. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad wives are always trying to get their husbands to do?

5. What is Murad's occupation?

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