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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how do people on the bus behave when Deven says he is a teacher?
(a) They tell him teaching is a fool's job.
(b) They seem impressed.
(c) They ask him a ton of questions about his work.
(d) They ignore him.

2. How does Nur describe Deven's relationship with Hindi?
(a) He says he understands teaching Hindi is a means to an end for Deven.
(b) He says Hindi is the ruler and Deven is its slave.
(c) He says Deven is wasting his talents teaching Hindi.
(d) He says Deven is in love with Hindi.

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

4. What creatures descend on the dead animal after it is hit by the bus Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Crows.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Sparrows.

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

6. When Deven reflects on his life with Sarla, how does he see himself when they first married?
(a) More wife than husband.
(b) More in love with Sarla than she was with him.
(c) More frightened than confident.
(d) More poet than professor.

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

8. What does Nur's wife suggest Deven do if he wants to help Nur in Chapter 3?
(a) Tell his friends to go home.
(b) Carry him to bed.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Clean his vomit.

9. What does Deven wonder about regarding the paper he used to clean up Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) If it might have had Nur's poetry on it.
(b) If he should have brought it too Murad.
(c) If he could have sold it to Nur's fans.
(d) If he might get sick from touching it.

10. In Chapter 3, what does Nur tells his friends Deven has come to do, which embarrasses Deven?
(a) He says Deven has come to serve him.
(b) He says Deven has come to speak for him.
(c) He says Deven has come to be his apprentice.
(d) He says Deven has come to massage him.

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

12. What does Murad say when Deven tells him why he left Nur's home after Imtiaz and the old woman fought?
(a) He is surprised Deven did not want to stay to see them tear each other's eyes out.
(b) He is not surprised a poet would live such a wild existence.
(c) Deven should have stayed to help the poor old poet.
(d) He cannot believe Nur's family is so dysfunctional.

13. Why are Murad's teeth black at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) From drinking wine.
(b) From chewing betel leaves.
(c) From never brushing.
(d) From drinking coffee.

14. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?
(a) He puts it in his pocket.
(b) He leaves it on Nur's bedroom floor.
(c) He puts it in Nur's mailbox.
(d) He throws it in the gutter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Sarla become bitter in their marriage?

2. What does Murad suggest Deven tell Nur regarding Nur's request that Deven work as his secretary?

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

4. What does the old woman who enters Nur's room while he and Imtiaz are fighting say to Imtiaz?

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

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