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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Deven give Murad for his becoming a professor?
(a) His passion is for Hindi.
(b) It is his lifelong dream.
(c) The salary and prestige.
(d) He has to support his family.

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

3. Who does Nur tell his servant to wake so they can sing for his guests?
(a) His son.
(b) His sister.
(c) His landlord.
(d) His wife.

4. What does Deven do when after knocking on the door a voice asks if the knocker is a fool?
(a) He says he is not a fool, just a teacher.
(b) He leaves quietly.
(c) He shouts, "I am!"
(d) He knocks again.

5. Who is the small crying child in the room with Nur and his wife in Chapter 3?
(a) An orphan.
(b) Nur's son.
(c) Nur's grandson.
(d) The servants son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Deven tell Murad he has already eaten lunch when Murad suggests they get lunch in Chapter 2?

2. What happens to Nur when he and Deven go to the balcony for some privacy after Nur's rowdy friends arrive?

3. Where does Murad want Deven to take him at the start of Chapter 1?

4. What state does Deven find Nur in after Nur sneaked away from his friends the first night they met?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad wives are always trying to get their husbands to do?

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