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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 Ronny Das want to give the goat he sees from the car window in "Interpreter of Maladies?"
(a) Stick.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Candy.
(d) Gum.

2. How old is Boori Ma?
(a) 46.
(b) 64.
(c) 72.
(d) 33.

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

4. What is Mrs. Dalal's reaction to her husband bring home the two basins?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Angry.
(c) Fright.
(d) Embarrassment.

5. Lilia's parents were born where?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Bombay.
(d) Bengal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Das do for a living?

2. In which month does Mr. Pirzada return to Pakistan?

3. In what city does "A Real Durwan" take place?

4. What did Shoba give Shukumar for their first wedding anniversary?

5. What does Mrs. Das want to mail to Mr. Kapasi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What devastating secret does Shukumar tell Shoba during the telling game to hurt her?

2. What happens after Mr. Pirzada returns to Pakistan?

3. How do the Das family look to Mr. Kapasi?

4. What happens when Mr. Pirzada asks what the large orange vegetables are that he sees on porches?

5. What happens to Boori Ma when the wives of the building decide to make improvements while the Dalals are out of town?

6. What would Mr. Kapasi like to be doing for work?

7. What does the power outage remind Shoba of from her childhood?

8. What happens when Shukumar attends an academic conference in Baltimore during Shoba's pregnancy?

9. Why isn't Mrs. Dalal pleased with what Mr. Dalal does for her when he gets a promotion?

10. What does Shoba tell Shukumar on the night the power is restored?

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