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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nur suggest Murad should do after reading his letter of introduction?
(a) Write poetry.
(b) Find a new job.
(c) Perform in a traveling circus.
(d) Go back to school.

2. What does Nur ask Deven to do at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Leave him alone.
(b) Work as his servant.
(c) Be his secretary and report to him as soon as possible.
(d) Send Nur some of his poetry.

3. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?
(a) He leaves it on Nur's bedroom floor.
(b) He puts it in Nur's mailbox.
(c) He puts it in his pocket.
(d) He throws it in the gutter.

4. What animal does the bus hit while Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) A stray cat.
(c) A wild turkey.
(d) A cow.

5. Who does Deven envision "holding a tattered copy of poems in his hands" (70) while looking through Manu's books?
(a) Himself on his death bed.
(b) Murad.
(c) His father.
(d) Nur.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 5, why does Deven say he cannot work for Nur?

2. What surprising scene does Deven encounter when he arrives at Nur for his second time?

3. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad wives are always trying to get their husbands to do?

4. What atypical thing does Sarla do when passing Deven to go inside the house the morning after he spent the night at Nur's?

5. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?

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