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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old woman who enters Nur's room while he and Imtiaz are fighting say to Imtiaz?
(a) She tells her to treat their husband with respect and honor.
(b) She tells her to leave and calls her a "bitch."
(c) She tells her she is right and suggests Nur leave.
(d) She tells her she should be thankful to have a place to live.

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

3. Why are Murad's teeth black at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) From never brushing.
(b) From drinking coffee.
(c) From chewing betel leaves.
(d) From drinking wine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Murad say they can afford with the funding Deven has received from the college for the tape recorder?

2. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?

3. How did Deven and Sarla come to be married?

4. What does the old woman agree to do for Deven at the end of Chapter 7?

5. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches in the Hindi department?

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