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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 refuse to listen to the recordings of Nur after the first night?
(a) He is too drunk to pay attention.
(b) He trusts that Chiku did a good job.
(c) He dislikes tape recordings.
(d) He is frustrated and cannot bare to listen to them.

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

3. What does Deven's host do with the basket of fruit he brings her to show his gratitude?
(a) She bakes a cake.
(b) She gives it back to Deven.
(c) She serves it that evening with dinner.
(d) She gives it to monks.

4. What concern regarding his interview with Nur does Deven share with Siddiqui before leaving his house in Chapter 8?
(a) Nur and Deven do not seem to be getting along.
(b) Murad keeps interrupting the interview.
(c) Nur is showing signs of dementia.
(d) Nur's family is asking for payment for the interview.

5. Why does Deven decide he must sit by Chiku during the interview with Nur?
(a) He saw that Chiku had been drinking too much and fell asleep.
(b) He knows more about the tape recorder than Chiku.
(c) Murad tells Deven he must keep an eye on him.
(d) He wants to learn from Chiku how to use a tape recorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Siddiqui say to Deven when he asks if he can explain to the college the historical value of his Nur tape?

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

3. What does the old woman agree to do for Deven at the end of Chapter 7?

4. What does Imtiaz tell Deven in the letter she wrote him which was waiting at his house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What does Imtiaz challenge Deven to do in her letter? What does Deven do?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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