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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Nur's wife's mood the first time Deven sees her in Chapter 3?
(a) She is joyous.
(b) She is drunk.
(c) She is enraged.
(d) She is placid.

3. Who says he is the corpse of the Urdu language "waiting to be buried" (42)?
(a) Deven's father.
(b) Murad.
(c) Nur.
(d) Deven.

4. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches in the Hindi department?
(a) He does not believe Deven.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He bows to Deven.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps the first time he meets him?

3. What is Murad's occupation?

4. What color are the tiles in Nur's room?

5. Why is Deven doubtful they have arrived in Nur's home city at the start of Chapter 3?

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