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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Interpreter of Maladies".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lilia recalls events that occur in the fall of what year?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1979.

2. What does Lilia tell Dora about Mr. Pirzada's daughters?
(a) They are dead.
(b) They are brats.
(c) They are pretty.
(d) They are missing.

3. What game do Mr. Pirzada and Lilia's parents play each night?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Backgammon.

4. Mr. Pirzada has a grant to study what?
(a) New England foliage.
(b) Partition.
(c) Wars in India.
(d) American Revolution.

5. How old is Mr. Kapasi?
(a) 52.
(b) 48.
(c) 46.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event had Shoba already planned for their baby?

2. What does Shukumar make for dinner the first night the power is out?

3. What do Lilia and Dora dress up as for Halloween?

4. Where did Shoba and Shukumar meet?

5. Lilia is unaware of national distinctions until she asks her father about setting a ________ for the Indian man.

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