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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 runs out of the house.
(d) He agrees with Nur's wife.

3. How did Deven and Sarla come to be married?
(a) They had been betrothed since birth.
(b) He proposed to Sarla on their first date.
(c) His mother and aunts arranged it.
(d) They were high school sweethearts.

4. How many notebooks does Deven buy after deciding he will write notes instead of worrying about recording the interview?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 1.

5. What does Deven tell Siddiqui about Nur, which makes Siddiqui wonder if Deven is living in a fantasy?
(a) Deven is leaving his job to work for Nur.
(b) Nur said he may dictate his memoirs to him.
(c) Nur said Deven can be the next great Urdu poet.
(d) He and Nur have become like brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What department does Siddiqui work for at the college?

2. What does Siddiqui tell Deven a mutual acquaintance of theirs named Faiz is doing in Beirut?

3. Why does the college Deven works for have an Urdu department?

4. In what ways were Murad and Deven different when they were young?

5. What does Deven find in the bottom of his tea cup when he stops for tea after arriving in Delhi in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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