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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 issue does Deven find when he finally listens to the tapes with Murad?
(a) They are barely audible.
(b) The tapes had music on them.
(c) Imtiaz erased them.
(d) Chiku never turned the recorder on.

2. What does Deven attribute to Siddiqui's boldness in asking for funding for the tape recorder?
(a) Nur's magic.
(b) Siddiqui's good relationship with the administration.
(c) Murad's influence.
(d) Deven's prestige.

3. What do Dhanu and his friends tell Deven when they run into him at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) To meet them behind the school and see what they will do to him.
(b) They thank him for the good grades.
(c) They tell him he was their favorite professor.
(d) They say they can help him any time he needs technical assistance.

4. What does the old woman say Imtiaz did before marrying Nur?
(a) She was a beggar.
(b) She recited poetry for money.
(c) She was a dancing girl.
(d) She was a teacher.

5. Who is Safiya Begum?
(a) Murad's mother.
(b) Siddiqui's mother.
(c) Nur's first wife.
(d) Deven's mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Murad say they can afford with the funding Deven has received from the college for the tape recorder?

2. What does Deven tell Nur his fans come to his house to do?

3. What does Deven say about Sarla's parents at the end of Chapter 8?

4. What does Jain offer to do to help Deven when he heads back to Mirpore after his interview with Nur is complete?

5. What does Siddiqui say to Deven when he asks if he can explain to the college the historical value of his Nur tape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Deven and Sarla's conversation about the fact that he no longer goes to Delhi at the start of Chapter 8.

2. What does Nur tell Deven happened to Imtiaz after her performance? Why does he think this happened? What does Deven think may be the real reason this happened?

3. Why is Nur's interview room bare when Deven and Chiku enter at the start of Chapter 10?

4. What does Deven see as his role in regard to Nur at the end of the novel? How does he decide to meet the challenges he knows lay ahead?

5. Who is Siddiqui? How does he agree to help Deven with his interview with Nur?

6. What happens when Deven and Murad listen to the tapes of his interview with Nur? What does Murad suggest Deven do?

7. Why does Deven feel an odd sense of relief in Chapter 10 when he realizes Murad will no longer help him?

8. Who does Jain send with Deven to help edit his tapes? Is he helpful?

9. What information does Nur's first wife want Deven to include in his letter to her telling her when he can interview Nur?

10. Who is Jayadev and what does he say to Deven at the annual board meeting, which Sarla overhears?

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