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?
Birthday candles

Tapers

Flashlights

Lanterns
2 In A Temporary Matter, what does Shoba do for a living?
Professor

Librarian

Book editor

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

Lawyer

Doctor

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

Give her a gift

Pay the check

Write down her phone number
5 In A Temporary Matter, what gift does Shoba give Shukumar on the third anniversary?
A pair of shoes

A leatherbound book

A sweater vest

A pair of gloves
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 is having an affair

He returned one of Shoba's gift

He has not been working on his dissertation

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

In his study

In front of the TV

In the kitchen
9 In A Temporary Matter, where is Shukumar when Shoba goes into labor?
Visiting family in india

At a conference in Batimore

At the University

At home
10 In A Temporary Matter, why do the lights go out?
There is a snowstorm

There is a blackout in Boston

A power line is being fixed

Shukumar and Shoba have not paid the electric bill
11 What does Mr. Pirzada bring Lilia each night?
Ribbons for her hair

Toys

Pencils

Candy
12 What does Mr. Pirzada place on the table during dinner?
His wallet

A silver pocket watch

A book of poems

A photograph of his daughters
13 What costume does Lilia wear on Halloween?
Rabbit

Witch

Princess

Pumpkin
14 What does Mr. Pirzada study?
Painting

Botany

Poetry

World History
15 How many daughters does Mr. Pirzada have?
9

2

5

7
16 What is the topic that is assigned to Lilia for her report?
The Civil War

WWII

The American Revolution

The Renaissance
17 Who does Lilia go trick-or-treating with?
Mr. Pirzada

Her father

Her mother

Dora
18 What does Mr. Pirzada help Lilia with on Halloween?
Handing out candy

Making her costume

Carving the jack-o'-lantern

Decorating the house
19 Why does Mr. Pirizada come to dinner at Lilia's house?
To eat food from their homelands

To watch the news

For company

All of the above
20 How many days does the Indo-Pakistan War last?
30

100

5

12
21 In Interpreter of Maladies, what appears on the shirt of Mrs. Das?
A strawberry

A horse

A lion

An apple
22 In Interpreter of Maladies, how did Mr. Kapasi meet the doctor he works for?
He treated his son.

On a tour.

He went to school with him.

They are brothers.
23 In Interpreter of Maladies, where are Mr. and Mrs. Das from?
Konark

New Jersey

Orissa

California
24 In Interpreter of Maladies, what symptoms does Mr. Kapasi say he translanted?
A sensation of raindrops in the spine

Hairs sprouting from a man's mole

A feeling of long pieces of straw in a man's throat.

All of the above
25 In Interpreter of Maladies, where does Mr. Kapasi take the Das family?
The Taj Mahal

The Sun Temple of Konark

The home of Ghandi

The shore of the Ganges