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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What attracts the monkeys to Bobby Das?
(a) Bobby's stick.
(b) Bobby's gum.
(c) Mrs. Das spilled soda.
(d) Mrs. Das spilled puffed rice.

2. What does Mrs. Das want to mail to Mr. Kapasi?
(a) Love letters.
(b) Pictures from the trip.
(c) American trinkets.
(d) Pictures of her.

3. How old is Shoba?
(a) 28.
(b) 35.
(c) 25.
(d) 33.

4. What does Ronny Das want to give the goat he sees from the car window in "Interpreter of Maladies?"
(a) Stick.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Gum.
(d) Candy.

5. What is on the front of Mrs. Das' shirt that keeps attracting Mr. Kapasi's eyes?
(a) An American phrase.
(b) A strawberry.
(c) A rose.
(d) A flag.

6. What is Mrs. Dalal's reaction to her husband bring home the two basins?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fright.
(c) Angry.
(d) Embarrassment.

7. How old is Mr. Kapasi?
(a) 36.
(b) 46.
(c) 48.
(d) 52.

8. What does Mr. Pirzada give Lilia for Halloween?
(a) A pumpkin.
(b) A purple lollipop.
(c) Mints.
(d) A flashlight.

9. Shoba and Shukumar are married young Indians living in what city?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

10. How does Mr. Kapasi feel about Mrs. Das's interest in his work as an interpreter?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Flattered.
(d) Annoyed.

11. Where did Shoba and Shukumar meet?
(a) Poetry recital.
(b) Book Store.
(c) Portuguese resturant.
(d) Hotel bar.

12. Lilia's parents were born where?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Bengal.

13. What is Lilia's father's occupation?
(a) Graduate student.
(b) Professor.
(c) Salesperson.
(d) Bank teller.

14. Mr. Pirzada has a grant to study what?
(a) Wars in India.
(b) New England foliage.
(c) American Revolution.
(d) Partition.

15. When the building improvements began, where did Boori Ma have to sleep?
(a) In the stairwell.
(b) In the alley.
(c) On the roof.
(d) Under the letter boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the excited Das children see from the car as they drive through India?

2. Because of the war with India Mr. Pirzada does not hear from his family for how many months?

3. What does Shoba remind Shukumar that he has on Friday?

4. What does Lilia tell Dora about Mr. Pirzada's daughters?

5. Lilia recalls events that occur in the fall of what year?

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