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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the small crying child in the room with Nur and his wife in Chapter 3?
(a) An orphan.
(b) Nur's son.
(c) The servants son.
(d) Nur's grandson.

2. What reason does Deven give Murad for his becoming a professor?
(a) He has to support his family.
(b) His passion is for Hindi.
(c) The salary and prestige.
(d) It is his lifelong dream.

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

4. What did Deven do for Murad, which Murad has not yet paid him for in Chapter 1?
(a) Paint his house.
(b) Write magazine articles.
(c) Teach a class.
(d) Sell him cigarettes.

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

6. What color is the shirt Deven wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

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

8. What does Deven find in the bottom of his tea cup when he stops for tea after arriving in Delhi in Chapter 2?
(a) A bit of food.
(b) A piece of glass.
(c) A rupee.
(d) A dead fly.

9. What state does Deven find Nur in after Nur sneaked away from his friends the first night they met?
(a) Nur is trying to make love to his wife.
(b) Nur is lying on the floor in his own vomit.
(c) Nur is sweetly singing to his child.
(d) Nur is drunkenly trying to prepare food for himself.

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 be his apprentice.
(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 serve him.

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

12. What does Deven begin to do as Nur's wife cradles the crying child in their room?
(a) He sings the child a lullaby.
(b) He cleans Nur's vomit.
(c) He quietly leaves the room.
(d) He helps Nur up and brings him back to his friends.

13. What does the old woman who enters Nur's room while he and Imtiaz are fighting say to Imtiaz?
(a) She tells her she is right and suggests Nur leave.
(b) She tells her she should be thankful to have a place to live.
(c) She tells her to leave and calls her a "bitch."
(d) She tells her to treat their husband with respect and honor.

14. What does Deven feel about Imtiaz's poetry in Chapter 5?
(a) It is stolen from Nur.
(b) It is not bad for a girl.
(c) It is better than Nur's.
(d) It is the best he has ever heard.

15. What does Imtiaz tell Nur he cannot do without the money she has earned performing that evening?
(a) Buy alcohol.
(b) Send their son to school.
(c) Eat.
(d) Pay his rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Manu?

2. What is Deven's occupation?

3. How does Nur's room appear when Deven first arrived in Chapter 3?

4. Where does Murad want Deven to take him at the start of Chapter 1?

5. What does Deven do when after knocking on the door a voice asks if the knocker is a fool?

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