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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Deven's occupation?
(a) Songwriter.
(b) College lecturer.
(c) Magazine editor.
(d) Journalist.

2. What does Murad agree to do when Deven is upset he will not take him to Nur himself?
(a) He agrees to take Deven.
(b) He writes him a letter of introduction and sends his office boy to be Deven's guide.
(c) He tells Deven to go home and he will find someone less whiny.
(d) He tells Deven he will have Nur brought to the office to meet him.

3. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps the first time he meets him?
(a) They are old old intellectuals.
(b) He imagined Nur would be a solitary man.
(c) The people are stiff and boring.
(d) He has very few visitors.

4. What does Deven find in the bottom of his tea cup when he stops for tea after arriving in Delhi in Chapter 2?
(a) A rupee.
(b) A dead fly.
(c) A piece of glass.
(d) A bit of food.

5. Where does Murad live?
(a) Mirpore.
(b) Pune.
(c) Mumbai.
(d) Delhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how do people on the bus behave when Deven says he is a teacher?

2. How does Murad describe the Hindi language?

3. How does Nur's wife describe the people who visit him nightly?

4. What fading language do Murad and Deven lament while at the restaurant in Chapter 1?

5. Who is Nur?

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