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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 & 9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Siddiqui's friends join them to do after he and Deven have dinner in Chapter 8?
(a) Play poker.
(b) Practice Urdu.
(c) Recite poetry.
(d) Grade exams.

2. What does Imtiaz tell Nur he cannot do without the money she has earned performing that evening?
(a) Buy alcohol.
(b) Send their son to school.
(c) Eat.
(d) Pay his rent.

3. Why has Sarla become bitter in their marriage?
(a) She wanted the type of marriage she saw in magazines.
(b) Deven constantly cheats on her.
(c) Deven never wants to spend time with her.
(d) She has had to work to support the family.

4. Why does Siddiqui order most of his meals from restaurants?
(a) The kitchen roof fell in.
(b) He gets free food because he is nobility.
(c) He makes a lot of money.
(d) He does not know how to cook.

5. Why does Murad get frustrated with Deven at then end of Chapter 5 when he has come up with a solution to Deven's problem of having to keep his job at the college?
(a) Deven tells Murad to interview Nur himself.
(b) Deven does not understand what Murad is saying.
(c) He feels Deven cannot think for himself.
(d) Deven refuses Murad's suggestion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nur's friend tel Deven Nur had met Imtiaz?

2. What bothers Deven about the scene he enters on his second visit to Nur's in Chapter 5?

3. What is the guru-shisya tradition Murad describes in Chapter 5?

4. Despite Deven sitting by his side, what does Chiku do during the interview with Nur?

5. Why does Siddiqui say he will request additional funding from the school for Deven's interview with Nur?

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