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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 Murad's occupation?
(a) College lecturer.
(b) Musician.
(c) Magazine editor.
(d) Cafe owner.

2. What does Deven feel he has been made "custodian of" (204) at the end of the novel?
(a) Nur's soul and spirit.
(b) The Urdu language.
(c) Murad's success.
(d) His wife's happiness.

3. What does Deven ask Trivedi for, which Trivedi finds absurd, but agrees to?
(a) A loan.
(b) A salary advance.
(c) A promotion.
(d) One week leave from work.

4. What does Deven do the first evening he meets Nur when he sees Nur sneak away from the crowd?
(a) He proceeds to drink nervously and become very drunk.
(b) He stays and eats with his friends.
(c) He follows Nur.
(d) He leaves the house.

5. What fading language do Murad and Deven lament while at the restaurant in Chapter 1?
(a) Urdu.
(b) Hindi.
(c) Bori.
(d) Asur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Deven head once he arrives in Mirpore after his first meeting with Nur?

2. What issue does Deven find when he finally listens to the tapes with Murad?

3. 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?

4. What does Siddiqui tell Deven a mutual acquaintance of theirs named Faiz is doing in Beirut?

5. Why does Jain send his nephew Chiku with Deven?

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