Interpreter of Maladies Quizzes

Interpreter of Maladies Quiz 1

1 In A Temporary Matter, what does Shukumar use to light the house in the dark on the first night?
Tapers

Lanterns

Flashlights

Birthday candles
2 In A Temporary Matter, what does Shoba do for a living?
Book editor

Professor

Librarian

Doctor
3 In A Temporary Matter, what does Shukumar do for a living?
Electrician

Doctor

Lawyer

Graduate student
4 In A Temporary Matter, what does Shukumar admit he forgets to do on his first date with Shoba?
Tip the waiter

Write down her phone number

Give her a gift

Pay the check
5 In A Temporary Matter, what gift does Shoba give Shukumar on the third anniversary?
A pair of gloves

A leatherbound book

A sweater vest

A pair of shoes
6 In a Temporary Matter, what is the last secret that Shoba confesses?
She is pregnant again

She is moving out

She is having an affair

She has quit her job
7 In A Temporary Matter, what is the last secret that Shukumar confesses?
He has not been working on his dissertation

He is having an affair

He returned one of Shoba's gift

The child they lost was a boy
8 In A Temporary Matter, where does Shukumar usually eat his dinner?
In his study

On the porch

In the kitchen

In front of the TV
9 In A Temporary Matter, where is Shukumar when Shoba goes into labor?
At a conference in Batimore

At home

At the University

Visiting family in india
10 In A Temporary Matter, why do the lights go out?
Shukumar and Shoba have not paid the electric bill

A power line is being fixed

There is a snowstorm

There is a blackout in Boston
11 What does Mr. Pirzada bring Lilia each night?
Toys

Candy

Pencils

Ribbons for her hair
12 What does Mr. Pirzada place on the table during dinner?
A photograph of his daughters

A book of poems

A silver pocket watch

His wallet
13 What costume does Lilia wear on Halloween?
Witch

Pumpkin

Princess

Rabbit
14 What does Mr. Pirzada study?
Painting

Poetry

Botany

World History
15 How many daughters does Mr. Pirzada have?
2

5

7

9
16 What is the topic that is assigned to Lilia for her report?
The Renaissance

The Civil War

The American Revolution

WWII
17 Who does Lilia go trick-or-treating with?
Her mother

Dora

Mr. Pirzada

Her father
18 What does Mr. Pirzada help Lilia with on Halloween?
Carving the jack-o'-lantern

Decorating the house

Making her costume

Handing out candy
19 Why does Mr. Pirizada come to dinner at Lilia's house?
To watch the news

To eat food from their homelands

For company

All of the above
20 How many days does the Indo-Pakistan War last?
5

30

12

100
21 In Interpreter of Maladies, what appears on the shirt of Mrs. Das?
A strawberry

A lion

An apple

A horse
22 In Interpreter of Maladies, how did Mr. Kapasi meet the doctor he works for?
They are brothers.

On a tour.

He went to school with him.

He treated his son.
23 In Interpreter of Maladies, where are Mr. and Mrs. Das from?
Orissa

Konark

California

New Jersey
24 In Interpreter of Maladies, what symptoms does Mr. Kapasi say he translanted?
A feeling of long pieces of straw in a man's throat.

Hairs sprouting from a man's mole

A sensation of raindrops in the spine

All of the above
25 In Interpreter of Maladies, where does Mr. Kapasi take the Das family?
The Sun Temple of Konark

The Taj Mahal

The home of Ghandi

The shore of the Ganges