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

2. How many faculty make up the Urdu department at the college?
(a) 0.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 1.

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

4. What does Deven attribute to Siddiqui's boldness in asking for funding for the tape recorder?
(a) Deven's prestige.
(b) Murad's influence.
(c) Nur's magic.
(d) Siddiqui's good relationship with the administration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Siddiqui tell Deven a mutual acquaintance of theirs named Faiz is doing in Beirut?

2. What is strange about the interview room when Deven and Chiku arrive at the start of Chapter 10?

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

4. Where is the room Deven is using to meet with Nur located?

5. What does Deven ask Trivedi for, which Trivedi finds absurd, but agrees to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Murad behave in the shop when he and Deven meet to purchase the tape recorder?

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

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. Who is Jayadev and what does he say to Deven at the annual board meeting, which Sarla overhears?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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