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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. Who is Dhanu?
(a) A student who helps Deven edit the tapes.
(b) A grad student who assists Deven with teaching.
(c) The college janitor.
(d) The college registrar.

2. What does Murad say they can afford with the funding Deven has received from the college for the tape recorder?
(a) None at all.
(b) One for Deven and one for Murad.
(c) The cheapest, worst model.
(d) The best of the best.

3. Why does Nur say he is unable to recite his memoirs to Deven at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) His mind is going and he cannot remember things anymore.
(b) Imtiaz will hear it and it will upset her.
(c) He has lost his voice.
(d) He wants to be paid in advance.

4. Why are there so many people at Nur's when Deven visits after purchasing the tape recorder?
(a) Nur's fans want to watch Deven interview him.
(b) Everyone wants to see a tape recorder.
(c) Imtiaz is having a baby.
(d) Imtiaz is sick.

5. What annual event is taking place at the college at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) The annual school dance.
(b) The annual poetry reading.
(c) The annual board meeting.
(d) The annual faculty gala.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Imtiaz call Deven while she is sick in bed in Chapter 7?

2. Who attempts to help Deven and Pintu edit the Nur tapes when Deven returns?

3. Why does Sarla think Deven stopped going to Nur, according to her insinuation at the start of Chapter 8?

4. What does Imtiaz include along with the letter she wrote to Deven in Chapter 11?

5. What does Deven decide he will do despite knowing the calamities they lay ahead at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nur tell Deven happened to Imtiaz after her performance? Why does he think this happened? What does Deven think may be the real reason this happened?

3. 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?

4. Who is Siddiqui? How does he agree to help Deven with his interview with Nur?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. Why is Chiku angry at Deven when they go to Nur's room and find it bare?

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

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