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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Deven's occupation?
(a) College lecturer.
(b) Magazine editor.
(c) Songwriter.
(d) Journalist.

2. Who is Safiya Begum?
(a) Nur's first wife.
(b) Deven's mother-in-law.
(c) Murad's mother.
(d) Siddiqui's mother.

3. What does Nur say about the Urdu language when Deven tells him about Murad's Urdu poetry magazine?
(a) Urdu is inferior to Hindi.
(b) He never even liked Urdu.
(c) Urdu is his first love.
(d) There is no Urdu language left.

4. What does Nur do when Deven begins writing down a poem Nur recited at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He recites even more new poetry.
(b) He tears Deven's copybook.
(c) He asks Deven why they are not recording.
(d) He writes it himself.

5. What does Mrs. Bhalla tell Deven her nephew had seen him doing earlier?
(a) Giving a lecture.
(b) Riding the bus home.
(c) Leaving Nur's house.
(d) Taking a nap on a bench.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is happening at Siddiqui's house when Deven goes to see him in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 2, how do people on the bus behave when Deven says he is a teacher?

5. What word does Siddiqui use to describe the edited Nur tape when Deven plays it for him?

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