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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what ways were Murad and Deven different when they were young?
(a) Murad was intelligent while Deven was not.
(b) Murad's family was wealthy and Deven's was poor.
(c) Murad was obese, and Deven was thin.
(d) Murad was tall, and Deven was short.

2. 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 tells his wife she is awful.
(c) He agrees with Nur's wife.
(d) He runs out of the house.

3. What bothers Deven about the scene he enters on his second visit to Nur's in Chapter 5?
(a) He thinks he should have been asked to recite his poetry.
(b) He hates birthday parties.
(c) He feels like Nur does not want him there.
(d) He feels Nur should be performing and not Imtiaz.

4. Where does Murad visit Deven at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Deven's house.
(b) The newsstand.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The college.

5. How is Siddiqui's home described when Deven first visits in Chapter 8?
(a) Sizable but somber.
(b) Decrepit but spacious.
(c) Grand but garish.
(d) Vast but vacant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Murad get frustrated with Deven at then end of Chapter 5 when he has come up with a solution to Deven's problem of having to keep his job at the college?

2. What does Jain offer to do to help Deven when he heads back to Mirpore after his interview with Nur is complete?

3. What does Deven tell Siddiqui about Nur, which makes Siddiqui wonder if Deven is living in a fantasy?

4. What did Deven do for Murad, which Murad has not yet paid him for in Chapter 1?

5. What does Nur do when Deven begins writing down a poem Nur recited at the end of Chapter 9?

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