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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Deven worry he might have to do once the board finds out his tapes are useless?
2. What is Sarla doing at the start of Chapter 11 after just returning from holiday?
3. Why is Deven happy when Nur suggests Imtiaz might go to a hospital?
4. What does Imtiaz tell Deven and Nur while she is in bed sick in Chapter 7?
5. What does the old woman agree to do for Deven at the end of Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. What good news does Deven receive from Mr. Rai in the registrar's office at the end of Chapter 6?
2. 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?
3. Who is Chiku and what does Jain say he will do for Deven?
4. Why is Chiku angry at Deven when they go to Nur's room and find it bare?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Who is Siddiqui? How does he agree to help Deven with his interview with Nur?
8. What information does Nur's first wife want Deven to include in his letter to her telling her when he can interview Nur?
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. What things does Nur try to get Deven or the college to pay for in his final letters to him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of In Custody. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the author of In Custody. Who is she? What else has she written? How is In Custody similar or different from her other works?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the novel and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.
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