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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What words are used to describe the way the world outside the bus window looks to Deven as he rides back to Mirpore at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Consequently dangerous.
(b) Positively idyllic.
(c) Frankly boring.
(d) Absolutely disgusting.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deven do when Imtiaz and the old woman began to fight with Nur between them?

2. What does Sarla hand to Deven when he returns from his walk with Manu at the end of Chapter 4?

3. Who does Nur tell his servant to wake so they can sing for his guests?

4. What does the old woman who enters Nur's room while he and Imtiaz are fighting say to Imtiaz?

5. Who bought Deven the shirt he wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?

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