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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the tiles in Nur's room?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

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

3. What happens to Nur when he and Deven go to the balcony for some privacy after Nur's rowdy friends arrive?
(a) He passes out.
(b) He is attacked by pigeons.
(c) He is moved to write new poetry.
(d) He forgets where he is.

4. What color is the hospital that faces Nur's house?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

5. What does Deven find in the bottom of his tea cup when he stops for tea after arriving in Delhi in Chapter 2?
(a) A rupee.
(b) A dead fly.
(c) A bit of food.
(d) A piece of glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures descend on the dead animal after it is hit by the bus Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?

2. What does Deven's bus seat-mate say is the only thing that exists between life and death?

3. How does Nur's wife describe the people who visit him nightly?

4. What did Deven do for Murad, which Murad has not yet paid him for in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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