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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deven hear in the night for the second time when he is unable to sleep?
(a) A procession of female worshippers.
(b) Traffic.
(c) His son whimpering.
(d) Owls.

2. Why does Siddiqui say he will request additional funding from the school for Deven's interview with Nur?
(a) Because he has a better relationship with the registrar.
(b) Because he believes in Deven and wants to help.
(c) Because the college owes him.
(d) Because he says Deven is incapable of doing it on his own.

3. What does Imtiaz tell Deven in the letter she wrote him which was waiting at his house?
(a) Nur's first wife is ill.
(b) His interview has lifted Nur's spirits.
(c) She wants to buy the sole rights to Nur's interview tape.
(d) She knows about the tapes.

4. What does Murad say to Jain regarding the tape recorder?
(a) He must have sold him the best recorder around.
(b) He said the quality was subpar, but they could manage.
(c) He sold him a lousy tape recorder.
(d) He told him he could have built a better tape recorder.

5. What does the landlady tell Deven about the bill for the room at the start of Chapter 10?
(a) Nur has taken care of it.
(b) Imtiaz has paid it.
(c) She has given them a very good discount.
(d) It must be paid immediately.

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

7. Why does Siddiqui order most of his meals from restaurants?
(a) He does not know how to cook.
(b) The kitchen roof fell in.
(c) He gets free food because he is nobility.
(d) He makes a lot of money.

8. 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) Deven must pay in advance to speak to Nur from now on.
(c) Deven must leave and never come back.
(d) She has suffered after performing in public and she fears the same for Nur.

9. What does Sarla ask Deven when she overheard Jayadev telling him of the rumor going around about his trips to Delhi?
(a) If he enjoys his time with Nur.
(b) If they are really that poor.
(c) If he is having an affair.
(d) If they can go home.

10. What does Deven's host do with the basket of fruit he brings her to show his gratitude?
(a) She gives it back to Deven.
(b) She gives it to monks.
(c) She bakes a cake.
(d) She serves it that evening with dinner.

11. How much money is Deven expected to pay for the room he used to interview Nur?
(a) 1000 rupees.
(b) 50 rupees.
(c) 500 rupees.
(d) 250 rupees.

12. What family plans does Deven break in order to interview Nur at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) A trip to America.
(b) A cousin's wedding.
(c) A family picnic.
(d) A trip to see Sarla's parents.

13. What is happening at Siddiqui's house when Deven goes to see him in Chapter 11?
(a) Nur is doing a poetry reading.
(b) It is being demolished.
(c) Someone else is living there.
(d) Siddiqui had thrown Deven a surprise party.

14. Why is Deven happy when Nur suggests Imtiaz might go to a hospital?
(a) Imtiaz will recover more quickly at the hospital.
(b) His father is a doctor at the hospital and will get to meet her.
(c) The hospital is right across the street so they can check on her.
(d) He can be alone with Nur.

15. What does Mr. Rai give to Deven the day after the annual board meeting?
(a) A blank check to do with what he pleases.
(b) A letter informing him of his salary increase.
(c) Approval paperwork to purchase a tape recorder.
(d) A slip saying he has been fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Murad tell Deven to do in order to pay off all of his bills?

2. What does the old woman agree to do for Deven at the end of Chapter 7?

3. What is strange about the interview room when Deven and Chiku arrive at the start of Chapter 10?

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

5. What does Siddiqui ask Deven when he tells him he has worked hard but has been cheated by everyone along the way?

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