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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 & 9 .
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Deven decide he must sit by Chiku during the interview with Nur?
(a) Murad tells Deven he must keep an eye on him.
(b) He knows more about the tape recorder than Chiku.
(c) He wants to learn from Chiku how to use a tape recorder.
(d) He saw that Chiku had been drinking too much and fell asleep.
2. What does Murad suggest Deven tell Nur regarding Nur's request that Deven work as his secretary?
(a) He would be honored to be his secretary.
(b) He only wants two hours of his time for an interview.
(c) He can work as his secretary on weekends when he is not teaching.
(d) He has more more important things to do than work for a madman.
3. What atypical thing does Sarla do when passing Deven to go inside the house the morning after he spent the night at Nur's?
(a) She shoves him.
(b) She curses at him.
(c) She pulls her sari over her head.
(d) She gives him a dirty look.
4. What does Deven begin to do as Nur's wife cradles the crying child in their room?
(a) He cleans Nur's vomit.
(b) He sings the child a lullaby.
(c) He quietly leaves the room.
(d) He helps Nur up and brings him back to his friends.
5. What does Imtiaz tell Nur he cannot do without the money she has earned performing that evening?
(a) Eat.
(b) Send their son to school.
(c) Buy alcohol.
(d) Pay his rent.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Trivedi?
2. 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?
3. Who does Deven envision "holding a tattered copy of poems in his hands" (70) while looking through Manu's books?
4. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?
5. What does Murad say when Deven tells him why he left Nur's home after Imtiaz and the old woman fought?
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