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

2. What happens on the balcony just as Deven is about to ask Nur if he can interview him?
(a) Nur's wife demands he come back inside.
(b) Deven gets sick and has to leave.
(c) A servant comes to give Nur a massage.
(d) Nur falls asleep.

3. What reason does Deven give Murad for his becoming a professor?
(a) The salary and prestige.
(b) He has to support his family.
(c) His passion is for Hindi.
(d) It is his lifelong dream.

4. Who is Trivedi?
(a) Murad's father.
(b) The head of the Hindi department.
(c) The head of the Urdu department.
(d) Deven's father.

5. What does Deven feel about Imtiaz's poetry in Chapter 5?
(a) It is not bad for a girl.
(b) It is stolen from Nur.
(c) It is the best he has ever heard.
(d) It is better than Nur's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the old woman say to Deven about Imtiaz after he leaves the day he visits when Imtiaz is ill?

3. How is Siddiqui's home described when Deven first visits in Chapter 8?

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

5. What family plans does Deven break in order to interview Nur at the end of Chapter 8?

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