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

2. Why does Deven tell Murad he has already eaten lunch when Murad suggests they get lunch in Chapter 2?
(a) He does not want to have to pay for Murad's lunch.
(b) He has already eaten.
(c) He feels sick.
(d) He dislikes food in Delhi.

3. What does Deven begin to do as Nur's wife cradles the crying child in their room?
(a) He quietly leaves the room.
(b) He cleans Nur's vomit.
(c) He sings the child a lullaby.
(d) He helps Nur up and brings him back to his friends.

4. What animal does the bus hit while Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?
(a) A cow.
(b) A stray dog.
(c) A wild turkey.
(d) A stray cat.

5. Why did Deven's mother send him to live in Delhi when he was young?
(a) Deven was too much trouble for her.
(b) Deven had asked to move too Delhi.
(c) His father lived in Delhi.
(d) His father had passed away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deven find in the bottom of his tea cup when he stops for tea after arriving in Delhi in Chapter 2?

2. What color is the hospital that faces Nur's house?

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

4. What is Murad's occupation?

5. Where does Murad want Deven to take him at the start of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who performs on the divan at Nur's when Deven visits in Chapter 5? How does Deven feel about this person and performance?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps when he first meets him?

10. Describe what Deven sees when he first enters Nur's room in Chapter 2?

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