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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 Nur's wife's mood the first time Deven sees her in Chapter 3?
(a) She is placid.
(b) She is drunk.
(c) She is joyous.
(d) She is enraged.

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

3. What does Murad say to Jain regarding the tape recorder?
(a) He told him he could have built a better tape recorder.
(b) He must have sold him the best recorder around.
(c) He said the quality was subpar, but they could manage.
(d) He sold him a lousy tape recorder.

4. What does the old woman say Imtiaz did before marrying Nur?
(a) She recited poetry for money.
(b) She was a beggar.
(c) She was a dancing girl.
(d) She was a teacher.

5. What does Siddiqui tell Deven a mutual acquaintance of theirs named Faiz is doing in Beirut?
(a) Editing an Urdu magazine.
(b) Teaching Biology.
(c) Running a college.
(d) Living the poet's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Trivedi?

2. Why are there so many people at Nur's when Deven visits after purchasing the tape recorder?

3. What does Deven do the first evening he meets Nur when he sees Nur sneak away from the crowd?

4. What animal does the bus hit while Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?

5. What does Deven tell Siddiqui about Nur, which makes Siddiqui wonder if Deven is living in a fantasy?

(see the answer key)

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