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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 wife describe the people who visit him nightly?
(a) Lifelong friends.
(b) Inspirations.
(c) Leaches.
(d) Worshippers.

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

3. What does Murad ask Deven to do for his special Urdu issue?
(a) Find a printer.
(b) Edit it.
(c) Interview Nur.
(d) Write some poetry.

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

5. What is Deven's wife's name?
(a) Sarla.
(b) Darla.
(c) Soraya.
(d) Sarah.

6. What is Nur's wife's mood the first time Deven sees her in Chapter 3?
(a) She is joyous.
(b) She is placid.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is enraged.

7. What does Mrs. Bhalla tell Deven her nephew had seen him doing earlier?
(a) Leaving Nur's house.
(b) Taking a nap on a bench.
(c) Riding the bus home.
(d) Giving a lecture.

8. At the start of Chapter 5, why does Deven say he cannot work for Nur?
(a) He would miss his son too much.
(b) He has to keep his college job to support his family.
(c) He dislikes Nur.
(d) He does not understand Urdu.

9. 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 massage him.
(d) He says Deven has come to be his apprentice.

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

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

12. Where does Murad want Deven to take him at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) His house for dinner.
(b) The dingiest bar in town.
(c) The best restaurant in town.
(d) The hospital.

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

14. What does Nur suggest Murad should do after reading his letter of introduction?
(a) Perform in a traveling circus.
(b) Go back to school.
(c) Find a new job.
(d) Write poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Deven wonder about regarding the paper he used to clean up Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?

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

4. What excuse does Nur give his wife for not feeling well the first night Deven meets him?

5. What does Deven do the first evening he meets Nur when he sees Nur sneak away from the crowd?

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