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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 does Deven do the first evening he meets Nur when he sees Nur sneak away from the crowd?
(a) He stays and eats with his friends.
(b) He leaves the house.
(c) He follows Nur.
(d) He proceeds to drink nervously and become very drunk.

2. What is the guru-shisya tradition Murad describes in Chapter 5?
(a) The shishya sits outside of the guru's house, sometimes for years, until the guru feels he is ready to meet him.
(b) The guru and shishya exchange letters over the course of years in which the guru guides the shishya.
(c) The shishya copies down the guru's work until he learns the guru's art.
(d) The shishya sits at the guru's feet for years to learn from and serve his guru.

3. Why does Siddiqui tell Deven he cannot give up on his interview with Nur?
(a) Deven should not let his friend Murad down.
(b) This could be Deven's chance to find better paying work.
(c) Siddiqui expects that the interview will do great things for the Urdu department.
(d) The school has already paid for the tape recording.

4. Who says he is the corpse of the Urdu language "waiting to be buried" (42)?
(a) Deven's father.
(b) Murad.
(c) Nur.
(d) Deven.

5. What does Deven begin to do as Nur's wife cradles the crying child in their room?
(a) He quietly leaves the room.
(b) He cleans Nur's vomit.
(c) He sings the child a lullaby.
(d) He helps Nur up and brings him back to his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deven ask Trivedi for, which Trivedi finds absurd, but agrees to?

2. What happens on the balcony just as Deven is about to ask Nur if he can interview him?

3. How does Nur describe Deven's relationship with Hindi?

4. What does Nur's wife suggest Deven do if he wants to help Nur in Chapter 3?

5. What does Nur tell Deven about Imtiaz in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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