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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Boori Ma's main job at the building where she lives?
(a) Cleaning the bedding.
(b) Washing the toilets.
(c) Cooking the food.
(d) Sweeping the stairs.

2. Shoba thought the poem Shukumar published was what?
(a) Sensitive.
(b) Sensational.
(c) Sentimental.
(d) Silly.

3. What phrase accompanied all of Boori Ma's stories?
(a) Believe me, don't believe me.
(b) All true, every word.
(c) As God is my witness.
(d) Back in the day.

4. How old is Lilia during the events of her story?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Thirteen years old.
(c) Twelve years old.
(d) Nine years old.

5. What does Mr. Pirzada do each time he enters the home of Lilia's family?
(a) Offers a bottle of wine.
(b) Removes his shoes.
(c) Says a prayer.
(d) Bows to Lilia's father.

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

7. What did Boori Ma claim she was before coming to the building.
(a) A school principal.
(b) A toilet cleaner.
(c) A professor.
(d) A landowner.

8. What does Boori Ma think is in her bedding?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Mites.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Prickly heat.

9. Where did Shoba and Shukumar go on their first date?
(a) A hotel bar.
(b) A Portuguese resturant.
(c) A book store.
(d) A poetry recital.

10. What happens to the piece of paper Mr. Kapasi gave Mrs. Das?
(a) He slips it out of her purse.
(b) The monkeys take it.
(c) It flutters away.
(d) She tears into peices.

11. What is the name of Mr. and Mrs. Das' daughter?
(a) Mina.
(b) Lilia.
(c) Tina.
(d) Ronni.

12. What does Mrs. Das do in the car as her family drives through In India?
(a) Reads the guide book.
(b) Paints her nails.
(c) Looks out the window.
(d) Sings to the children.

13. What did Shoba give Shukumar for their first wedding anniversary?
(a) Knitted scarf.
(b) Sweater vest.
(c) Watch.
(d) Candles.

14. What is the final secret Shukumar reveals to Shoba?
(a) He cheated on a exam.
(b) He was unfaithful.
(c) The sex of their baby.
(d) He wants to move out.

15. What was the name of the friend who drove Shoba to the hospital?
(a) Tina.
(b) Twinkle.
(c) Gillian.
(d) Laxmi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Mr. Kapasi calculate it will be before he receives mail from Mrs. Das?

2. In what room in the house does Shukumar work on his dissertation?

3. Where is the Das family from?

4. What does Ronny Das want to give the goat he sees from the car window in "Interpreter of Maladies?"

5. Where did Shukumar grow up?

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