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?

Flashlights

Lanterns

Tapers

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?

Doctor

Electrician

Lawyer

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

Write down her phone number

Tip the waiter
5 In A Temporary Matter, what gift does Shoba give Shukumar on the third anniversary?

A pair of shoes

A sweater vest

A pair of gloves

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

She is having an affair

She is pregnant again

She is moving out

She has quit her job
7 In A Temporary Matter, what is the last secret that Shukumar confesses?

He is having an affair

He has not been working on his dissertation

The child they lost was a boy

He returned one of Shoba's gift
8 In A Temporary Matter, where does Shukumar usually eat his dinner?

In his study

On the porch

In front of the TV

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

At the University

At a conference in Batimore

Visiting family in india

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

Candy

Pencils

Toys
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

Princess

Rabbit

Pumpkin
14 What does Mr. Pirzada study?

Poetry

Painting

World History

Botany
15 How many daughters does Mr. Pirzada have?

5

9

2

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

WWII

The American Revolution

The Renaissance

The Civil War
17 Who does Lilia go trick-or-treating with?

Mr. Pirzada

Her mother

Her father

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

Decorating the house

Making her costume

Carving the jack-o'-lantern

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?

30

5

12

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

A horse

A lion

A strawberry

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

They are brothers.

He went to school with him.

He treated his son.

On a tour.
23 In Interpreter of Maladies, where are Mr. and Mrs. Das from?

Konark

California

New Jersey

Orissa
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 Sun Temple of Konark

The Taj Mahal

The home of Ghandi

The shore of the Ganges

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