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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 want Deven's college to do for him as per the letter Deven received when he arrived home after the interview?
(a) Hire him to teach.
(b) Name a building after him.
(c) Pay him an annual salary.
(d) Pay for his surgery.

2. What do Dhanu and his friends tell Deven when they run into him at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) They tell him he was their favorite professor.
(b) They say they can help him any time he needs technical assistance.
(c) To meet them behind the school and see what they will do to him.
(d) They thank him for the good grades.

3. How much money is Deven expected to pay for the room he used to interview Nur?
(a) 250 rupees.
(b) 50 rupees.
(c) 1000 rupees.
(d) 500 rupees.

4. Despite Deven sitting by his side, what does Chiku do during the interview with Nur?
(a) He talks over Nur.
(b) He makes fun of Nur.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He makes fun of Deven.

5. What does Nur tell Deven in the postcard Sarla gives him at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) He does not think Deven should visit anymore.
(b) He thinks Deven is the next great Urdu poet.
(c) He would like to make time for an interview.
(d) He has new poems he would like to recite to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Deven happy when Nur suggests Imtiaz might go to a hospital?

2. What final request does Nur send to Deven in a letter in Chapter 11?

3. How long has Deven been trying to interview Nur by the time Murad calls and tells him to wrap it up?

4. What does Siddiqui say to Deven when he asks if he can explain to the college the historical value of his Nur tape?

5. What does Deven say about Sarla's parents at the end of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Instead of getting a hotel, with whom does Deven stay while he is interviewing Nur? How does he know this person? How is this person described?

2. Why is Siddiqui's house being demolished in Chapter 11?

3. What does the old woman, who Deven assumes must be Nur's first wife, tell Deven about Imtiaz when she is ill in Chapter 7?

4. What happens when Deven and Murad listen to the tapes of his interview with Nur? What does Murad suggest Deven do?

5. Why does Deven call Murad in a panic the first time he meets with Nur in the room Nur's wife had arranged? How does Murad help Deven?

6. What does Imtiaz challenge Deven to do in her letter? What does Deven do?

7. What good news does Deven receive from Mr. Rai in the registrar's office at the end of Chapter 6?

8. Why is Nur's interview room bare when Deven and Chiku enter at the start of Chapter 10?

9. Describe Deven and Sarla's conversation about the fact that he no longer goes to Delhi at the start of Chapter 8.

10. How is Raj described? In what way was Deven's friendship with Raj different from his friendship with Murad?

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