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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 Deven do when he is approached by a beggar with a python around his neck?
(a) He gives the man his tea.
(b) He screams and runs away.
(c) He gives him a coin.
(d) He invites the man to lunch.

2. Why has Sarla become bitter in their marriage?
(a) She wanted the type of marriage she saw in magazines.
(b) She has had to work to support the family.
(c) Deven constantly cheats on her.
(d) Deven never wants to spend time with her.

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

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

5. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) He tells Nur's friends to go home.
(b) He tells his wife she is awful.
(c) He runs out of the house.
(d) He agrees with Nur's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Deven's wife's name?

2. What does the old woman who enters Nur's room while he and Imtiaz are fighting say to Imtiaz?

3. What fading language do Murad and Deven lament while at the restaurant in Chapter 1?

4. What is Sarla doing when Deven first arrives home after his first night at Nur's?

5. How does Murad describe the Hindi language?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What scene does Deven encounter when he follows Nur and the sounds of screaming during his first visit in Chapter 3?

4. How does Deven react when Murad tells him he will not be going to Nur's with him? What does Murad do to try to appease his friend?

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

6. What did Deven do for Murad, which Murad has still not yet paid him?

7. What does Deven do for work? What does Murad do for work? How or why did they each come by these jobs?

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

9. What does Murad suggest Deven do in order to successfully get an interview with Nur, while continuing his college work as well?

10. How does Nur react when Deven tells him he teaches Hindi and not Urdu at the college?

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