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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. When Deven reflects on his life with Sarla, how does he see himself when they first married?
(a) More frightened than confident.
(b) More wife than husband.
(c) More poet than professor.
(d) More in love with Sarla than she was with him.

2. Why did Deven's mother send him to live in Delhi when he was young?
(a) Deven had asked to move too Delhi.
(b) His father had passed away.
(c) His father lived in Delhi.
(d) Deven was too much trouble for her.

3. What atypical thing does Sarla do when passing Deven to go inside the house the morning after he spent the night at Nur's?
(a) She pulls her sari over her head.
(b) She gives him a dirty look.
(c) She shoves him.
(d) She curses at him.

4. What does Murad suggest Deven tell Nur regarding Nur's request that Deven work as his secretary?
(a) He has more more important things to do than work for a madman.
(b) He would be honored to be his secretary.
(c) He can work as his secretary on weekends when he is not teaching.
(d) He only wants two hours of his time for an interview.

5. What does Murad suggest Deven purchase to help him work with Nur?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) Notebooks.
(c) A house near Nur.
(d) Jewels for Imtiaz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the shirt Deven wears on the bus ride from Mirpore to Delhi to meet Nur?

2. What does Nur suggest Murad should do after reading his letter of introduction?

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

4. What does Nur ask him when he first sees Deven in Chapter 5 and Deven tells him he is there per Nur's invitation?

5. What does Deven do with the paper he used to clean Nur's vomit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scene does Deven encounter when he follows Nur and the sounds of screaming during his first visit in Chapter 3?

2. How does Deven feel about his visit from his old friend Murad at the start of Chapter 1?

3. How did Deven and Sarla come to be married? In what ways is their marriage different from how Sarla imagined?

4. How is Mirpore described at the start of Chapter 2 while Deven rides from Mirpore to Delhi?

5. What does Nur tell his groups of friends Deven is there to do during his first visit in Chapter 3?

6. Who performs on the divan at Nur's when Deven visits in Chapter 5? How does Deven feel about this person and performance?

7. Who is Nur? What does Murad want Deven to do in connection with Nur?

8. How does Deven behave toward his wife as protest against her disappointment in their married life?

9. What "bad omens" does Deven see as he rides to Delhi and upon first arriving?

10. How does Deven react when Murad tells him he will not be going to Nur's with him? What does Murad do to try to appease his friend?

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