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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bought Deven the shirt he wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?
(a) Sarla.
(b) His in-laws.
(c) Murad.
(d) His mother.

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

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

4. Where does Deven live?
(a) Mirpore.
(b) Mumbai.
(c) Pune.
(d) Delhi.

5. What is Deven's wife's name?
(a) Darla.
(b) Soraya.
(c) Sarla.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what ways were Murad and Deven different when they were young?

2. How does Murad describe the Hindi language?

3. What does Deven do when he is approached by a beggar with a python around his neck?

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

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

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