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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 Nur ask Deven to do at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Be his secretary and report to him as soon as possible.
(b) Leave him alone.
(c) Work as his servant.
(d) Send Nur some of his poetry.

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

3. Who is Manu?
(a) Nur's son.
(b) Murad's brother.
(c) Deven and Sarla's son.
(d) The school principal.

4. What does Deven feel about Imtiaz's poetry in Chapter 5?
(a) It is stolen from Nur.
(b) It is not bad for a girl.
(c) It is the best he has ever heard.
(d) It is better than Nur's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Murad visit Deven at the start of Chapter 1?

3. Why has Sarla become bitter in their marriage?

4. What is the special occasion on Deven's second visit to Nur's home in Chapter 5?

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

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