Interpreter of Maladies Quizzes
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Q. What major theme in "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" does this passage illustrate? "The grant was a great honor, but when converted into dollars it was not generous. As a result, Mr. Pirzada lived in a room in a graduate dormitory, and did not own a proper stove or a television set. And so he came to our house to eat dinner and watch the evening news."
Society and class
Betrayal
Love
The scandalously high cost of cable TV
Q. When the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" sees a dog snapping at an Indian woman, what does the scene immediately make him think of?
The dog owner's lack of responsibility
Cujo
His responsibility to Mrs. Croft
His responsibility to Mala because she's now his wife and therefore family
Q. Who can't Bibi do without when she's pregnant?
her cousin Haldar
her distant relative
her community
the pizza delivery guy (you know how it is with those 2 AM anchovy cravings)
Q. What does the community give to Boori Ma in return for her service as a durwan?
an occasional cup of tea
keys to their apartment
Starbucks gift card
a bed, I mean, give her a break.
Q. What do Shoba and Shukumar weep about at the end of "A Temporary Matter"? a. that scene at the end of Marley and Me when he's driving Marley to …oh stop.
that scene at the end of Marley and Me when he's driving Marley to …oh stop.
their failed marriage
their social and class differences
Shukumar's affair and betrayal of their love