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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 is Nur's wife's mood the first time Deven sees her in Chapter 3?
(a) She is drunk.
(b) She is placid.
(c) She is joyous.
(d) She is enraged.

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

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

4. Who is Jain?
(a) Nur's servant.
(b) A shop owner.
(c) Deven's boss.
(d) A magazine editor.

5. Which department at the college is more likely to receive funding?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Murad want Deven to take him at the start of Chapter 1?

2. What does Deven's bus seat-mate say is the only thing that exists between life and death?

3. What does the registrar, Mr. Rai, tell Deven and Siddiqui regarding the annual board meeting?

4. Why does Deven begin to wonder if agreeing to interview Nur for Murad's magazine was wise?

5. What does Mrs. Bhalla tell Deven her nephew had seen him doing earlier?

(see the answer key)

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