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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 do Mrs. Sen and Elliot eat at the cafeteria the afternoon they spend exploring the university?

2. In what city does the story "Sexy" take place?

3. What did the neighbors say prospective in-laws would do to Bibi?

4. What does Bibi get very worked up about finding?

5. What did the doctors say was Bibi's actual ailment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is found during the housewarming party Sanjeev and Twinkle have for Sanjeev's friends?

2. Describe who is invited to Twinkle and Sanjeev's housewarming party.

3. What did Twinkle find on the first day her new home? How does Sanjeev's reaction to these newly found items differ from Twinkle's?

4. Where did Miranda meet Dev?

5. What ends up happening to Bibi after her cousin abandons her?

6. What does Rohin, the seven-year-old, tell Miranda that makes her rethink her decision to be with Dev?

7. Describe where and how Mrs. Sen practices her driving.

8. What does Sanjeev think of Twinkle as he gets to know his new wife?

9. What happens to Bibi when her cousin's wife becomes pregnant?

10. Why does Elliot like going to Mrs. Sen's in the afternoons?

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 symbolic objects throughout all the stories. Choose five particular objects to discuss how they were used symbolically to illuminate themes, distinguish characters and advance the plot.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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