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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nur's room appear when Deven first arrived in Chapter 3?
(a) Bright and lively.
(b) Elegant and regal.
(c) Neat and orderly.
(d) Sparse and gloomy.

2. What does Nur ask him when he first sees Deven in Chapter 5 and Deven tells him he is there per Nur's invitation?
(a) Why he thinks Nur invited him.
(b) If he brought his family as requested.
(c) If he is going to be his secretary.
(d) If Murad will be joining him.

3. Who is Manu?
(a) The school principal.
(b) Murad's brother.
(c) Deven and Sarla's son.
(d) Nur's son.

4. What happens to Nur when he and Deven go to the balcony for some privacy after Nur's rowdy friends arrive?
(a) He is moved to write new poetry.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He is attacked by pigeons.
(d) He forgets where he is.

5. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad he can only do as a hobby?
(a) Ride his bike.
(b) Write in Urdu.
(c) Play music.
(d) Paint.

6. What does Deven do when he is approached by a beggar with a python around his neck?
(a) He screams and runs away.
(b) He gives the man his tea.
(c) He invites the man to lunch.
(d) He gives him a coin.

7. What subject does Deven teach at the university?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Math.
(c) Urdu.
(d) Hindi.

8. What color is the hospital that faces Nur's house?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Yellow.

9. Why did Deven's mother send him to live in Delhi when he was young?
(a) His father lived in Delhi.
(b) Deven had asked to move too Delhi.
(c) Deven was too much trouble for her.
(d) His father had passed away.

10. What color are the tiles in Nur's room?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

11. What is Deven's occupation?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Magazine editor.
(c) College lecturer.
(d) Songwriter.

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

13. How does Nur's wife describe the people who visit him nightly?
(a) Leaches.
(b) Lifelong friends.
(c) Inspirations.
(d) Worshippers.

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

15. What is Imtiaz doing in Chapter 5 the second time Deven goes to Nur's?
(a) Reading.
(b) Performing.
(c) Napping.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the shirt Deven wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?

2. Who does Deven describe as a lover of Urdu poetry and the person who taught him Urdu?

3. What atypical thing does Sarla do when passing Deven to go inside the house the morning after he spent the night at Nur's?

4. What fading language do Murad and Deven lament while at the restaurant in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 2, how do people on the bus behave when Deven says he is a teacher?

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