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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jain offer to do to help Deven when he heads back to Mirpore after his interview with Nur is complete?
(a) Loan Deven another tape recorder so he can interview Nur again.
(b) Send his nephew Pintu to help edit the tapes.
(c) Edit the tapes himself and send them to Deven.
(d) Buy Deven all the notebooks he needs to interview Nur.

2. Where is the room Deven is using to meet with Nur located?
(a) In a vacant hospital room.
(b) At the top floor of a brothel.
(c) On the second floor of a cafe.
(d) In the back of a courtyard.

3. What does Siddiqui say to Deven when he asks if he can explain to the college the historical value of his Nur tape?
(a) He will do so with honor.
(b) He no longer works at the college.
(c) The tape is worthless.
(d) Nobody cares about Urdu.

4. What does Nur tell Deven he wants the college to do for him since Deven's lack of response is "hastening [his] early death" (183)?
(a) Name a building after him.
(b) Allow him to teach.
(c) Commission a painting of Nur for the Urdu department.
(d) Allow his son to attend school for free.

5. Why does Siddiqui tell Deven he cannot give up on his interview with Nur?
(a) Siddiqui expects that the interview will do great things for the Urdu department.
(b) Deven should not let his friend Murad down.
(c) The school has already paid for the tape recording.
(d) This could be Deven's chance to find better paying work.

6. What does the old woman say to Deven about Imtiaz after he leaves the day he visits when Imtiaz is ill?
(a) She is a fine woman.
(b) She is an astounding poet.
(c) She has tantrums.
(d) She is an amazing mother.

7. What do Siddiqui's friends join them to do after he and Deven have dinner in Chapter 8?
(a) Practice Urdu.
(b) Play poker.
(c) Grade exams.
(d) Recite poetry.

8. What does Nur tell Deven in the postcard Sarla gives him at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) He does not think Deven should visit anymore.
(b) He has new poems he would like to recite to him.
(c) He would like to make time for an interview.
(d) He thinks Deven is the next great Urdu poet.

9. What does Siddiqui ask Deven when he tells him he has worked hard but has been cheated by everyone along the way?
(a) Why would he take the job in the first place.
(b) All poets are unreliable.
(c) Why did he let everyone cheat him.
(d) What did he expect when working for Murad.

10. In what way was Deven's friendship with Raj different than his friendship with Murad?
(a) It lasted longer.
(b) It was more demanding.
(c) It was awkward.
(d) It was less demanding.

11. What does Nur do when Deven begins writing down a poem Nur recited at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He tears Deven's copybook.
(b) He recites even more new poetry.
(c) He writes it himself.
(d) He asks Deven why they are not recording.

12. What department does Siddiqui work for at the college?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Hindi.
(d) Chemistry.

13. What does Deven suggest Siddiqui do to help him with his work with Nur?
(a) Compile all of Nur's greatest poems.
(b) Submit a proposal to the college for funding for a tape recorder.
(c) Help him come up with interview questions.
(d) Be his note taker.

14. Who is Trivedi?
(a) The head of the Urdu department.
(b) Murad's father.
(c) The head of the Hindi department.
(d) Deven's father.

15. What does Imtiaz tell Deven and Nur while she is in bed sick in Chapter 7?
(a) If Nur recites his memoirs to Deven she will leave him.
(b) She has suffered after performing in public and she fears the same for Nur.
(c) Deven must leave and never come back.
(d) Deven must pay in advance to speak to Nur from now on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which department at the college is more likely to receive funding?

2. What does Siddiqui tell Deven a mutual acquaintance of theirs named Faiz is doing in Beirut?

3. Why does Jain send his nephew Chiku with Deven?

4. What does Deven's host do with the basket of fruit he brings her to show his gratitude?

5. Who attempts to help Deven and Pintu edit the Nur tapes when Deven returns?

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