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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's bus seat-mate say is the only thing that exists between life and death?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Fun.

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

3. Why does Murad get frustrated with Deven at then end of Chapter 5 when he has come up with a solution to Deven's problem of having to keep his job at the college?
(a) Deven does not understand what Murad is saying.
(b) Deven tells Murad to interview Nur himself.
(c) He feels Deven cannot think for himself.
(d) Deven refuses Murad's suggestion.

4. In Chapter 1, what does Deven tell Murad he can only do as a hobby?
(a) Paint.
(b) Play music.
(c) Write in Urdu.
(d) Ride his bike.

5. In Chapter 2, how do people on the bus behave when Deven says he is a teacher?
(a) They ask him a ton of questions about his work.
(b) They tell him teaching is a fool's job.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They seem impressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nur's room appear when Deven first arrived in Chapter 3?

2. Who does Deven describe as a lover of Urdu poetry and the person who taught him Urdu?

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

4. How does Nur's wife describe the people who visit him nightly?

5. What does Imtiaz show Nur and Deven when she finds them in Nur's room after her performance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nur tell Deven about Imtiaz when they speak after her performance in Chapter 5?

2. What excuse does Deven give to Nur for why he teaches Hindi rather than work in Urdu?

3. What does Deven do for work? What does Murad do for work? How or why did they each come by these jobs?

4. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps when he first meets him?

5. What does Murad say about the food when Deven takes him out for lunch after his lectures in Chapter 1?

6. How does Murad poke fun at Deven when he offers him one of his two cigarettes in Chapter 1?

7. How does Deven feel about Nur's letter asking him to be his secretary? Describe Murad and Deven's discussion regarding this matter in Chapter 5.

8. What is Chandni Chowk like? What is Deven surprised Nur lives there?

9. What does Deven worry may have been on the papers he used to clean Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?

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

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