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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. Why does Deven often forget to write down Nur's words?
(a) He is so caught up in listening to him.
(b) He is busy fidgeting with the tape recorder.
(c) He did not sleep well the night before.
(d) He is bored stiff.

2. What does Deven suggest Siddiqui do to help him with his work with Nur?
(a) Be his note taker.
(b) Submit a proposal to the college for funding for a tape recorder.
(c) Compile all of Nur's greatest poems.
(d) Help him come up with interview questions.

3. What shape is Deven's house in when he finally arrives after he has been away interviewing Nur?
(a) It appears to have been robbed.
(b) It is covered in dust and stinks of garbage.
(c) It is exactly as he left it.
(d) It is completely empty.

4. What does Deven feel he has been made "custodian of" (204) at the end of the novel?
(a) The Urdu language.
(b) Nur's soul and spirit.
(c) His wife's happiness.
(d) Murad's success.

5. What does Imtiaz include along with the letter she wrote to Deven in Chapter 11?
(a) Several of Nur's new poetry.
(b) Money for Deven's time.
(c) Several of her own poems.
(d) Pictures of Nur as a young man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deven tell Nur his fans come to his house to do?

2. What word does Siddiqui use to describe the edited Nur tape when Deven plays it for him?

3. Who is Chotu?

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

5. What does Nur talk about at the start of the interview to Deven's disappointment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Deven brings his host a basket of fruit as a thank you? How does Deven feel about this and why?

3. What errors does Chiku make as the person in charge of recording Nur's interview?

4. What information does Nur's first wife want Deven to include in his letter to her telling her when he can interview Nur?

5. 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?

6. Describe Siddiqui's house. Why does he live there?

7. What things does Nur try to get Deven or the college to pay for in his final letters to him?

8. Who is Jayadev and what does he say to Deven at the annual board meeting, which Sarla overhears?

9. At the start of Chapter 11, as Deven watches Sarla sweep he wants to touch her, but decides not to. Why does he want to touch her? Why does he opt not to?

10. How does Siddiqui manage to convince the school to give Deven more money to interview Nur?

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