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

Lanterns

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

Librarian

Doctor

Book editor
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?
Pay the check

Give her a gift

Tip the waiter

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

A leatherbound book

A pair of shoes

A sweater vest
6 In a Temporary Matter, what is the last secret that Shoba confesses?
She is pregnant again

She has quit her job

She is moving out

She is having an affair
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 the kitchen

In front of the TV

On the porch

In his study
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

There is a blackout in Boston

A power line is being fixed

There is a snowstorm
11 What does Mr. Pirzada bring Lilia each night?
Toys

Ribbons for her hair

Candy

Pencils
12 What does Mr. Pirzada place on the table during dinner?
A photograph of his daughters

A silver pocket watch

His wallet

A book of poems
13 What costume does Lilia wear on Halloween?
Pumpkin

Witch

Rabbit

Princess
14 What does Mr. Pirzada study?
Painting

Botany

Poetry

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

7

5

2
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?
Her mother

Mr. Pirzada

Dora

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

Decorating the house

Making her costume

Carving the jack-o'-lantern
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?
100

5

30

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

A horse

A strawberry

A lion
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?
Konark

New Jersey

Orissa

California
24 In Interpreter of Maladies, what symptoms does Mr. Kapasi say he translanted?
Hairs sprouting from a man's mole

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

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 shore of the Ganges

The Sun Temple of Konark

The home of Ghandi

The Taj Mahal