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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 Deven decide he will do despite knowing the calamities they lay ahead at the end of the story?
(a) He will make Murad pay for them.
(b) He will run to meet them.
(c) He will beg for forgiveness.
(d) He will run away from them.

2. What does Deven tell Siddiqui he is going to do, which will prove he is not living in a fantasy?
(a) He will bring him to meet Nur.
(b) Let him listen to his tape recordings of Nur.
(c) He will have Nur write him a letter.
(d) He will have Murad vouch for him.

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

4. What does Nur do when Deven begins writing down a poem Nur recited at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) He recites even more new poetry.
(b) He writes it himself.
(c) He asks Deven why they are not recording.
(d) He tears Deven's copybook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Deven refuse to listen to the recordings of Nur after the first night?

2. How is Siddiqui's home described when Deven first visits in Chapter 8?

3. Despite Deven sitting by his side, what does Chiku do during the interview with Nur?

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

5. Why does Siddiqui live in such a large home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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