Interpreter of Maladies Quizzes

Interpreter of Maladies Quiz 1

By Christine McKeever · Edited by Elizabeth Weinbloom · Last reviewed November 27, 2011

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

Tapers

Flashlights

Birthday candles

Lanterns
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?

Doctor

Lawyer

Graduate student

Electrician
4 In A Temporary Matter, what does Shukumar admit he forgets to do on his first date with Shoba?

Pay the check

Tip the waiter

Write down her phone number

Give her a gift
5 In A Temporary Matter, what gift does Shoba give Shukumar on the third anniversary?

A leatherbound book

A pair of shoes

A pair of gloves

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

She has quit her job

She is having an affair

She is moving out

She is pregnant again
7 In A Temporary Matter, what is the last secret that Shukumar confesses?

The child they lost was a boy

He has not been working on his dissertation

He returned one of Shoba's gift

He is having an affair
8 In A Temporary Matter, where does Shukumar usually eat his dinner?

In front of the TV

On the porch

In the kitchen

In his study
9 In A Temporary Matter, where is Shukumar when Shoba goes into labor?

At the University

At home

Visiting family in india

At a conference in Batimore
10 In A Temporary Matter, why do the lights go out?

There is a snowstorm

Shukumar and Shoba have not paid the electric bill

A power line is being fixed

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

Candy

Pencils

Ribbons for her hair

Toys
12 What does Mr. Pirzada place on the table during dinner?

A photograph of his daughters

His wallet

A silver pocket watch

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

Princess

Pumpkin

Witch

Rabbit
14 What does Mr. Pirzada study?

Painting

Botany

Poetry

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

7

2

9

5
16 What is the topic that is assigned to Lilia for her report?

The American Revolution

The Civil War

The Renaissance

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

Her mother

Her father

Mr. Pirzada

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

Handing out candy

Carving the jack-o'-lantern

Decorating the house

Making her costume
19 Why does Mr. Pirizada come to dinner at Lilia's house?

To eat food from their homelands

For company

To watch the news

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

30

5

100

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

A strawberry

An apple

A horse

A lion
22 In Interpreter of Maladies, how did Mr. Kapasi meet the doctor he works for?

He treated his son.

He went to school with him.

On a tour.

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

California

Orissa

Konark

New Jersey
24 In Interpreter of Maladies, what symptoms does Mr. Kapasi say he translanted?

A sensation of raindrops in the spine

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

Hairs sprouting from a man's mole

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

The Taj Mahal

The shore of the Ganges

The Sun Temple of Konark

The home of Ghandi