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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 subject does Deven teach at the university?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Hindi.
(c) Urdu.
(d) Math.
2. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?
(a) He puts it in Nur's mailbox.
(b) He puts it in his pocket.
(c) He leaves it on Nur's bedroom floor.
(d) He throws it in the gutter.
3. Who is the author of In Custody?
(a) Drew Anderson.
(b) Anita Desai.
(c) Amanda Daniels.
(d) Desa Andrews.
4. What does Murad suggest Deven purchase to help him work with Nur?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) Notebooks.
(c) A house near Nur.
(d) Jewels for Imtiaz.
5. 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) Why he thinks Nur invited him.
(c) If he brought his family as requested.
(d) If Murad will be joining him.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens on the balcony just as Deven is about to ask Nur if he can interview him?
2. What is Imtiaz doing in Chapter 5 the second time Deven goes to Nur's?
3. What does Murad suggest Deven tell Nur regarding Nur's request that Deven work as his secretary?
4. How does Murad describe the Hindi language?
5. How does Nur describe Deven's relationship with Hindi?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nur tell Deven about Imtiaz when they speak after her performance in Chapter 5?
2. What is the guru-shishya tradition and why does Murad mention it to Deven in Chapter 5?
3. What scene does Deven encounter when he follows Nur and the sounds of screaming during his first visit in Chapter 3?
4. How is Mirpore described at the start of Chapter 2 while Deven rides from Mirpore to Delhi?
5. How does Deven behave toward his wife as protest against her disappointment in their married life?
6. What does Deven worry may have been on the papers he used to clean Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?
7. Describe what Deven sees when he first enters Nur's room in Chapter 2?
8. Why does Deven go to the college rather than home when he first returns to Mirpore after his first visit to Delhi? What does he do at the college?
9. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps when he first meets him?
10. What does Deven do for work? What does Murad do for work? How or why did they each come by these jobs?
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