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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) He agrees with Nur's wife.
(b) He tells Nur's friends to go home.
(c) He runs out of the house.
(d) He tells his wife she is awful.

3. In Chapter 2, how do people on the bus behave when Deven says he is a teacher?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They tell him teaching is a fool's job.
(c) They ask him a ton of questions about his work.
(d) They seem impressed.

4. What happens on the balcony just as Deven is about to ask Nur if he can interview him?
(a) A servant comes to give Nur a massage.
(b) Nur falls asleep.
(c) Nur's wife demands he come back inside.
(d) Deven gets sick and has to leave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?

2. Where does Murad want Deven to take him at the start of Chapter 1?

3. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches in the Hindi department?

4. What does Deven begin to do as Nur's wife cradles the crying child in their room?

5. What does Deven wonder about regarding the paper he used to clean up Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?

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