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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 is Deven happy when Nur suggests Imtiaz might go to a hospital?
(a) His father is a doctor at the hospital and will get to meet her.
(b) Imtiaz will recover more quickly at the hospital.
(c) He can be alone with Nur.
(d) The hospital is right across the street so they can check on her.

2. What does Deven tell Siddiqui about Nur, which makes Siddiqui wonder if Deven is living in a fantasy?
(a) Nur said he may dictate his memoirs to him.
(b) Deven is leaving his job to work for Nur.
(c) Nur said Deven can be the next great Urdu poet.
(d) He and Nur have become like brothers.

3. What does Nur tell Deven has happened to him because of their interview?
(a) He has been unable to get out of bed.
(b) His wife left him.
(c) He needs cataract surgery.
(d) He has become even more famous.

4. Why does Siddiqui tell Deven he cannot give up on his interview with Nur?
(a) This could be Deven's chance to find better paying work.
(b) The school has already paid for the tape recording.
(c) Deven should not let his friend Murad down.
(d) Siddiqui expects that the interview will do great things for the Urdu department.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dhanu and his friends tell Deven when they run into him at the end of Chapter 11?

2. Who is Dhanu?

3. What does Deven do with the bill Nur had sent him for the interview room they rented?

4. Where does Deven stay while he is interviewing Nur?

5. How many notebooks does Deven buy after deciding he will write notes instead of worrying about recording the interview?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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. Who is Chiku and what does Jain say he will do for Deven?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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