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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 Deven tell Siddiqui he is going to do, which will prove he is not living in a fantasy?
(a) He will have Nur write him a letter.
(b) Let him listen to his tape recordings of Nur.
(c) He will have Murad vouch for him.
(d) He will bring him to meet Nur.

2. What does Murad say when Deven tells him why he left Nur's home after Imtiaz and the old woman fought?
(a) He is surprised Deven did not want to stay to see them tear each other's eyes out.
(b) He cannot believe Nur's family is so dysfunctional.
(c) He is not surprised a poet would live such a wild existence.
(d) Deven should have stayed to help the poor old poet.

3. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) He tells Nur's friends to go home.
(b) He runs out of the house.
(c) He agrees with Nur's wife.
(d) He tells his wife she is awful.

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

5. What annual event is taking place at the college at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) The annual poetry reading.
(b) The annual school dance.
(c) The annual board meeting.
(d) The annual faculty gala.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nur's room appear when Deven first arrived in Chapter 3?

2. What happens to Nur when he and Deven go to the balcony for some privacy after Nur's rowdy friends arrive?

3. What does Deven do when Imtiaz and the old woman began to fight with Nur between them?

4. What subject does Deven teach at the university?

5. What color is the hospital that faces Nur's house?

(see the answer key)

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