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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Murad agree to do when Deven is upset he will not take him to Nur himself?
(a) He tells Deven to go home and he will find someone less whiny.
(b) He writes him a letter of introduction and sends his office boy to be Deven's guide.
(c) He agrees to take Deven.
(d) He tells Deven he will have Nur brought to the office to meet him.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad he can only do as a hobby?
(a) Ride his bike.
(b) Paint.
(c) Write in Urdu.
(d) Play music.

3. When Deven reflects on his life with Sarla, how does he see himself when they first married?
(a) More poet than professor.
(b) More in love with Sarla than she was with him.
(c) More wife than husband.
(d) More frightened than confident.

4. Why does Deven begin to wonder if agreeing to interview Nur for Murad's magazine was wise?
(a) Murad has let him down many times before.
(b) Murad does not know anything about Nur.
(c) He barely knows Murad.
(d) Murad is old and senile.

5. What does Nur tell Deven about Imtiaz in Chapter 5?
(a) She is the greatest thing that has happened to him.
(b) She first came to him as a student, but soon wanted his house, audience, and friends.
(c) She is the true poet and he is her apprentice.
(d) She has been his muse for years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deven wonder about regarding the paper he used to clean up Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?

2. What is Imtiaz doing in Chapter 5 the second time Deven goes to Nur's?

3. What is Deven's occupation?

4. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps the first time he meets him?

5. What does the old woman who enters Nur's room while he and Imtiaz are fighting say to Imtiaz?

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