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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nur ask Deven to do at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Send Nur some of his poetry.
(b) Work as his servant.
(c) Be his secretary and report to him as soon as possible.
(d) Leave him alone.

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

3. What does Deven do when Imtiaz and the old woman began to fight with Nur between them?
(a) He grabs Nur and rushes him out of the room.
(b) He yells for help.
(c) He grabs Imtiaz and tells the old woman to run.
(d) He runs away.

4. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches in the Hindi department?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He becomes angry.
(c) He does not believe Deven.
(d) He bows to Deven.

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

6. What atypical thing does Sarla do when passing Deven to go inside the house the morning after he spent the night at Nur's?
(a) She pulls her sari over her head.
(b) She shoves him.
(c) She gives him a dirty look.
(d) She curses at him.

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

8. Who does Deven describe as a lover of Urdu poetry and the person who taught him Urdu?
(a) His mother.
(b) Murad.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

9. What does Murad suggest Deven tell Nur regarding Nur's request that Deven work as his secretary?
(a) He has more more important things to do than work for a madman.
(b) He can work as his secretary on weekends when he is not teaching.
(c) He only wants two hours of his time for an interview.
(d) He would be honored to be his secretary.

10. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps the first time he meets him?
(a) He imagined Nur would be a solitary man.
(b) He has very few visitors.
(c) The people are stiff and boring.
(d) They are old old intellectuals.

11. What color is Nur's clothing when Deven first finds him in his room in Chapter 3?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

12. What does Nur say about the Urdu language when Deven tells him about Murad's Urdu poetry magazine?
(a) There is no Urdu language left.
(b) He never even liked Urdu.
(c) Urdu is his first love.
(d) Urdu is inferior to Hindi.

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

14. What words are used to describe the way the world outside the bus window looks to Deven as he rides back to Mirpore at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Frankly boring.
(b) Positively idyllic.
(c) Consequently dangerous.
(d) Absolutely disgusting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Deven head once he arrives in Mirpore after his first meeting with Nur?

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

3. What is Deven's occupation?

4. Why are Murad's teeth black at the start of Chapter 1?

5. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?

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