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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Deven leave Siddiqui to the task of requesting funds for the tape recorder?
(a) Because Siddiqui is well-liked at the school.
(b) Because they are more likely to fund the Urdu department than the Hindi department.
(c) Because the registrar dislikes Deven.
(d) Because Deven has no idea how to go about doing it.

2. What state does Deven find Nur in after Nur sneaked away from his friends the first night they met?
(a) Nur is trying to make love to his wife.
(b) Nur is sweetly singing to his child.
(c) Nur is drunkenly trying to prepare food for himself.
(d) Nur is lying on the floor in his own vomit.

3. What surprising scene does Deven encounter when he arrives at Nur for his second time?
(a) Movers packing up Nur's things.
(b) A crowd gathering around a divan for a performance.
(c) A sick Nur being rushed to the hospital.
(d) A quiet dinner with Nur and his small family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Murad ask Deven to do for his special Urdu issue?

2. What does Nur tell Deven about Imtiaz in Chapter 5?

3. What does Imtiaz call Deven while she is sick in bed in Chapter 7?

4. What does the registrar, Mr. Rai, tell Deven and Siddiqui regarding the annual board meeting?

5. What does Imtiaz tell Nur he cannot do without the money she has earned performing that evening?

(see the answer key)

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