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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nur tell his servant to wake so they can sing for his guests?
(a) His landlord.
(b) His sister.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

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

3. What does Deven's bus seat-mate say is the only thing that exists between life and death?
(a) Fun.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Boredom.

4. Where does Murad visit Deven at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Deven's house.
(c) The college.
(d) The newsstand.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who says he is the corpse of the Urdu language "waiting to be buried" (42)?

4. Where does Deven live?

5. What does Murad agree to do when Deven is upset he will not take him to Nur himself?

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