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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 Sarla doing at the start of Chapter 11 after just returning from holiday?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sweeping.
(c) Napping.
(d) Sobbing.

2. What do Siddiqui's friends join them to do after he and Deven have dinner in Chapter 8?
(a) Grade exams.
(b) Recite poetry.
(c) Play poker.
(d) Practice Urdu.

3. What does Deven do as Imtiaz argues with Nur, telling him to recite to his friends while she lay dying?
(a) He leaves.
(b) He convinces Imtiaz to go to the hospital.
(c) He orders their servant to bring Imtiaz medicine.
(d) He gathers Nur's friends so he can recite for them.

4. What does Deven tell Nur his fans come to his house to do?
(a) Steal his food and drink.
(b) Hear Nur, not Imtiaz.
(c) Steal his poetry and ideas.
(d) Suck the life from him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Siddiqui live in such a large home?

2. Why does Deven refuse to listen to the recordings of Nur after the first night?

3. How much money is Deven expected to pay for the room he used to interview Nur?

4. Why does Siddiqui tell Deven he cannot give up on his interview with Nur?

5. What does Deven worry he might have to do once the board finds out his tapes are useless?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Though Deven goes to Nur's at a time when the is sure he should be alone, he finds a large crowd. Why are they there?

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

6. What does Deven see as his role in regard to Nur at the end of the novel? How does he decide to meet the challenges he knows lay ahead?

7. After being allowed one week's leave from the college, what plans does Deven have to break with Sarla?

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

9. What does the old woman tell Deven she can do for him to help him interview Nur?

10. Who does Jain send with Deven to help edit his tapes? Is he helpful?

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