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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deven begin to do as Nur's wife cradles the crying child in their room?
(a) He cleans Nur's vomit.
(b) He quietly leaves the room.
(c) He helps Nur up and brings him back to his friends.
(d) He sings the child a lullaby.

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

3. How did Deven and Sarla come to be married?
(a) They had been betrothed since birth.
(b) They were high school sweethearts.
(c) His mother and aunts arranged it.
(d) He proposed to Sarla on their first date.

4. Who is the author of In Custody?
(a) Amanda Daniels.
(b) Desa Andrews.
(c) Anita Desai.
(d) Drew Anderson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deven's wife's name?

2. What does Mrs. Bhalla tell Deven her nephew had seen him doing earlier?

3. Why does Murad get frustrated with Deven at then end of Chapter 5 when he has come up with a solution to Deven's problem of having to keep his job at the college?

4. Who does Deven describe as a lover of Urdu poetry and the person who taught him Urdu?

5. What color is the shirt Deven wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?

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