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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the old woman say Imtiaz did before marrying Nur?

3. What do Siddiqui's friends join them to do after he and Deven have dinner in Chapter 8?

4. What does Nur tell Deven in the postcard Sarla gives him at the start of Chapter 8?

5. What does Imtiaz tell Deven and Nur while she is in bed sick in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Chotu? Describe his relationship with Siddiqui.

5. Why does Deven call Murad in a panic the first time he meets with Nur in the room Nur's wife had arranged? How does Murad help Deven?

6. Instead of getting a hotel, with whom does Deven stay while he is interviewing Nur? How does he know this person? How is this person described?

7. Why is Chiku angry at Deven when they go to Nur's room and find it bare?

8. At the start of Chapter 11, as Deven watches Sarla sweep he wants to touch her, but decides not to. Why does he want to touch her? Why does he opt not to?

9. How is Raj described? In what way was Deven's friendship with Raj different from his friendship with Murad?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Deven and Siddiqui in In Custody. What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the use of dialogue vs the use of description. Look at how each is used in the novel and what makes these uses effective or ineffective.

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