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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many faculty make up the Urdu department at the college?
(a) 15.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 0.

2. What does Murad suggest Deven purchase to help him work with Nur?
(a) Jewels for Imtiaz.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A house near Nur.
(d) Notebooks.

3. What issue does Deven find when he finally listens to the tapes with Murad?
(a) Chiku never turned the recorder on.
(b) They are barely audible.
(c) The tapes had music on them.
(d) Imtiaz erased them.

4. Who is Nur?
(a) Murad's father.
(b) Deven's father-in-law.
(c) An Urdu poet.
(d) The college principal.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad wives are always trying to get their husbands to do?
(a) Make more money.
(b) Clean up around the house.
(c) Work less.
(d) Drink and smoke less.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nur tell his servant to wake so they can sing for his guests?

2. Where does Deven live?

3. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches in the Hindi department?

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

5. Why did Deven's mother send him to live in Delhi when he was young?

(see the answer key)

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