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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nur ask him when he first sees Deven in Chapter 5 and Deven tells him he is there per Nur's invitation?
(a) If he is going to be his secretary.
(b) If Murad will be joining him.
(c) Why he thinks Nur invited him.
(d) If he brought his family as requested.

2. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?
(a) He puts it in his pocket.
(b) He leaves it on Nur's bedroom floor.
(c) He puts it in Nur's mailbox.
(d) He throws it in the gutter.

3. Where does Murad visit Deven at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) The newsstand.
(b) Deven's house.
(c) The college.
(d) A restaurant.

4. 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 massage him.
(c) He says Deven has come to speak for him.
(d) He says Deven has come to serve him.

5. What surprising scene does Deven encounter when he arrives at Nur for his second time?
(a) A sick Nur being rushed to the hospital.
(b) Movers packing up Nur's things.
(c) A quiet dinner with Nur and his small family.
(d) A crowd gathering around a divan for a performance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Deven envision "holding a tattered copy of poems in his hands" (70) while looking through Manu's books?

2. Who says he is the corpse of the Urdu language "waiting to be buried" (42)?

3. What does Nur ask Deven to do at the end of Chapter 4?

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

5. What is Murad's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mirpore described at the start of Chapter 2 while Deven rides from Mirpore to Delhi?

2. What "bad omens" does Deven see as he rides to Delhi and upon first arriving?

3. Who is Nur? What does Murad want Deven to do in connection with Nur?

4. How are young Murad and Deven described in Chapter 1?

5. How does Murad poke fun at Deven when he offers him one of his two cigarettes in Chapter 1?

6. Why does Deven begin to question agreeing to interview Nur in Chapter 2 while he rides the bus to Delhi?

7. How did Deven and Sarla come to be married? In what ways is their marriage different from how Sarla imagined?

8. Who is Mrs. Bhalla? What does she say to Deven when he arrives home after his lectures in Chapter 4?

9. What is Chandni Chowk like? What is Deven surprised Nur lives there?

10. What does Nur tell Deven about Imtiaz when they speak after her performance in Chapter 5?

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