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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 Mrs. Sen hope to find in the mailbox each day?

2. Where did Haldar refuse to take Bibi?

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

4. What was the name of the Indian family on Miranda's street when she was growing up?

5. What does Bibi want all the neighbors to tell her about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sad story does Laxmi tell Miranda about her cousin's marriage?

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

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

5. After meeting Dev, what does Miranda find out about him?

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

7. What do Dev and Miranda do one day when they are walking around Boston? What does Dev tell her during this outing?

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

9. How do Sanjeev and Twinkle meet and end up marrying each other?

10. What does Twinkle find in the yard of her new house, and how did their reactions to this item once again differ?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How is the baby in "A Temporary Matter" a metaphor for the marriage of Shoba and Shukumar?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different marriages presented in the stories. What aspects of the marriages are due to culture and what aspects transcend culture differences?

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