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

2. What did Lilia stop doing each night so as not to ruin her prayer for Mr. Pirzada's family?

3. Mr. Pirzada sends Lilia's family a card for what occasion?

4. When the building improvements began, where did Boori Ma have to sleep?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the national distinctions between Pakistan and India that Lilia is unaware of?

2. Why does the Das family tour take a trip into the hills of Udayagiri?

3. What does Mr. Kapasi think of Mr. and Mrs. Das as parents?

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

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

6. What secret does Mina Das reveal to Mr. Kapasi?

7. What do Shoba and Shukumar tell each other the second night of the telling game?

8. What does Lilia do with the candy after Mr. Pirzada returns to Dacca?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Feeling like an outsider is a recurring theme in the stories. Discuss this theme and how is shown using aspects of three or more of the stories in The Interpreter of Maladies.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of secrets in various stories in the collection. What impact did revealing a secret have on the individual characters and plots of these stories?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the character of Twinkle is representative of the synthesis of Indian and American cultures.

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