Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies

What is the significance of the phrases that decorate the bus? Consider both their meaning and their placement, as well as the bus’s significance as a symbol of transportation and transition.

Did Miss Rehana intentionally answer the questions incorrectly at the Consulate? Or was she turned away because Mustafa Dar is a stranger to her, and she truly could not answer the questions with accuracy?

The story unfolds in close third person, allowing readers access only to Muhammad Ali’s thoughts. Is his perspective reliable? If not, how does it nevertheless contribute to the story’s meaning?