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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 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) Pictures of Nur as a young man.
(d) Several of her own poems.

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

3. What issue does Deven find when he finally listens to the tapes with Murad?
(a) They are barely audible.
(b) The tapes had music on them.
(c) Imtiaz erased them.
(d) Chiku never turned the recorder on.

4. Why does the college Deven works for have an Urdu department?
(a) Because they received a large donation from a Muslim family.
(b) Because the Principal wants to keep Urdu alive.
(c) Because Urdu was a highly sought after degree.
(d) Because Deven pushed for one.

5. What does Deven say about Sarla's parents at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) They are illiterate.
(b) They are mean.
(c) They are amazing.
(d) They are poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape is Deven's house in when he finally arrives after he has been away interviewing Nur?

2. What does Nur tell Deven has happened to him because of their interview?

3. What does Nur do when Deven begins writing down a poem Nur recited at the end of Chapter 9?

4. What does Nur tell Deven in the postcard Sarla gives him at the start of Chapter 8?

5. What does Deven feel he has been made "custodian of" (204) at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Why does Deven feel an odd sense of relief in Chapter 10 when he realizes Murad will no longer help him?

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

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