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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 & 9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old woman tell Deven that Imtiaz always does when she wants something from Nur?
(a) Showers him in compliments.
(b) Pretends to be ill.
(c) Tells him she is pregnant.
(d) Gets him drunk.

2. How does Murad describe the Hindi language?
(a) The language of peasants.
(b) That florid language.
(c) The language of aristocrats.
(d) The language of love.

3. What does Deven tell Nur his fans come to his house to do?
(a) Suck the life from him.
(b) Steal his food and drink.
(c) Hear Nur, not Imtiaz.
(d) Steal his poetry and ideas.

4. What does Nur say about the Urdu language when Deven tells him about Murad's Urdu poetry magazine?
(a) Urdu is inferior to Hindi.
(b) There is no Urdu language left.
(c) He never even liked Urdu.
(d) Urdu is his first love.

5. What does the old woman agree to do for Deven at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Pay Deven for his time and trouble.
(b) Arrange for him to meet with Nur in private.
(c) Put in a good word for him at the college.
(d) Tell his wife he has not been cheating on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought Deven the shirt he wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?

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

3. How did Deven and Sarla come to be married?

4. Who is the small crying child in the room with Nur and his wife in Chapter 3?

5. What does Deven do after Nur's wife proceeds to berate Nur and his friends at the end of Chapter 3?

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