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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 is Murad's occupation?
(a) College lecturer.
(b) Musician.
(c) Cafe owner.
(d) Magazine editor.

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

3. What does Murad agree to do when Deven is upset he will not take him to Nur himself?
(a) He writes him a letter of introduction and sends his office boy to be Deven's guide.
(b) He tells Deven to go home and he will find someone less whiny.
(c) He agrees to take Deven.
(d) He tells Deven he will have Nur brought to the office to meet him.

4. Who does Deven envision "holding a tattered copy of poems in his hands" (70) while looking through Manu's books?
(a) His father.
(b) Nur.
(c) Murad.
(d) Himself on his death bed.

5. What does Murad say when Deven tells him why he left Nur's home after Imtiaz and the old woman fought?
(a) He is not surprised a poet would live such a wild existence.
(b) He is surprised Deven did not want to stay to see them tear each other's eyes out.
(c) He cannot believe Nur's family is so dysfunctional.
(d) Deven should have stayed to help the poor old poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Murad live?

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

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

4. In what city does Nur live?

5. What bothers Deven about the scene he enters on his second visit to Nur's in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What excuse does Deven give to Nur for why he teaches Hindi rather than work in Urdu?

6. How does Deven feel about his visit from his old friend Murad at the start of Chapter 1?

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

8. What does Deven worry may have been on the papers he used to clean Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?

9. What is the guru-shishya tradition and why does Murad mention it to Deven in Chapter 5?

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

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