Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
What does the doctor conclude that will cure Haldar?
A marriage
What does Mrs. Das do in the car as her family drives through India?
paint her nails
What is Lilia's mother's occupation?
part time bank teller
What does Ronny Das want to give the goat he sees from the car window?
piece of gum
What do Elliot and his mother usually have for dinner?
pizza
What attracts the monkeys to Bobby Das?
puffed rice
What does Mrs. Sen wear on her scalp to show she is married?
red poweder
What does Mrs. Das call Mr. Kapasi's work as an interpreter?
romantic
When the building improvements begin where does Boori Ma sleep?
rooftop on a bed of newspapers
What kind of box does Lilia keep beside her bed?
sandlewood box
Who does Boori Ma say her third daughter married?
school principal
What does Mr. Das do for a living?
science teacher in middle school
What does Mr. Pirzada do each time he enters the home of Lilia's family?
shakes hands and takes off shoes
What is Mrs. Dalal's reaction to her husband bringing home two basins?
she argued with Mr. Dalal
What did Boori Ma claim she was before coming to the building?
she claimed to have an extravagant life/ she was a landowner
How does Mrs. Sen feel about driving?
she hates driving
How does Mrs. Das comfort Bobby after monkey attack?
she puts a bandage on his knee
What important function did the residents think Boori Ma did for them?
she stood guard between them and the outside world
What did Mrs. Dalal promise to bring for Boori Ma
sheep's-hair blanket
Mr. Kapasi thinks the Das couple acts like what?
siblings, brother sister
What does Boori Ma carry on the end of her Sari?
skeleton keys for coffer boxes
What is Boori Ma's main job at the building she lives in?
stairwell sweeper/gatekeeper
What is on the front of Mrs. Das' shirt that keeps attracting Kapasi?
strawberry
What does Lilia tell Dora about Mr. Pirzada's daughters?
that they're missing
How did residents of building know Boori ma was a refugee?
the accent of her Bengali
What gets stolen from the building while Boori Ma is away?
the stairwell basin
Where do Elliot and his mother live?
tiny beach house
What does Mrs. Das complain about as they drive around India?
too hot/no AC
Where does Boori Ma sleep?
under the letter box/ behind the gate
What does Elliot think the blade of Mrs. Sen's knife looks like?
viking ship
When did Mr. and Mrs. Das meet?
when they were very young
Which resident of the building decided Boori Ma should be thrown out?
Mr. Chatterjee
What is the name of Lilia's teacher?
Mrs. Kenyon
What is the name of Elliot's babysitter before Mrs. Sen?
Mrs.lindon / abby
Mr. Pirzada sneds Lilia's family a card for what occasion?
Muslim New Year
What does Mrs. Croft eat everyday?
NO SOLIDS
What did Elliot think Mrs. Sen smelled like?
moth balls and cumin
Because of the war with India Mr. Pirzaada does not hear from his family for how many months?
over 6 months
What does Mrs. Croft tell the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" is on the moon?
A flag
What do the townspeople bring to try to heal her?
A healer
What does Bibi get worked up on finding?
A husband
What type of business does Bibi's cousin have?
A local goods store
How old was Mr. Kapasi's son when he died in his mother's arms?
7 years
How much is the rent for Mrs. Croft's place?
8 bucks
Mr. Pirzada's daughters' names all start with what letter?
A
What is Lilia's father's occupation?
...
What phrase accompanied all of Boori Ma's stories
...
What do the doctors say was Bibi's actual ailment?
...........
How long will the Dalals be away?
10 days
How old is Lilia during the events of her story?
10 years
How old is Elliot?
11
What year was Mrs. Croft born?
1866
Lilia's father explains to her that the British gave Independence to India in what year?
1947
What year did the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" leave India?
1964
Lilia recalls events that occur in the fall of what year?
1971
How old is Mrs. Das?
28
How old is Mrs. Sen?
30
How old is Mr. Kapasi?
46
How long has Mr. Kapasi been a tour guide?
5 years
How long does Mr. Kapasi calculate it will be before he receives mail from Mrs. Das?
6 weeks
How old is Boori Ma?
64
How many daughters does Mr. Pirzada have?
7
What is the name of the Indian sun god that the Das family see statues of at the Sun Temple?
Astachala Surya
What did Lilia stop doing each night so as not to ruin her prayer for Mr. Pirzada's family?
Brush her teeth
In what city does "A Real Durwan" take place?
Calcutta
Lilia's parents were born where?
Calcutta
What city in India is Mrs. Sen from?
Calcutta
Mr. Pirzada is from what city in Pakistan?
Dacca
What American television show does Mr. Kapasi refer to?
Dallas
What is the British term for Thermos?
Flask
What language does Mr. Kapasi translate for the doctor he works with?
Gujurati
Where does the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" son go for college?
Harvard
What is the name of Mrs. Croft's daughter?
Helen
What does Haldar's wife keep from Bibi?
Her child
What did the neighbors think Bibi has never been thought correctly?
How to be a woman
Lilia's father wonders if she is learning about what at school?
If she is aware of East Pakistan's fight for sovereignty and if that is covered in history and geography that is taught at school
What happens to the piece of paper Mr. Kapasi gave to Mrs. Das
It falls out of her bag and flies away with wind
In which month does Mr. Pirzada return to Pakistan?
January
What does Mrs. Croft demand the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" do every night?
Lock up
The narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" is offered a job at what American university?
MIT
What is the name of the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" wife?
Mala
What does Mr. Sen teach?
Math
What helps Bibi during her attacks?
Money from her business????
Where is the Das family from?
New Brunswick NJ
Mr. Pirzada has a grant to study what?
New England's fall leaves
The narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" marries because of what?
Obligation
What did Haldar do to help Bibi find a husband?
Put her in a newspaper ad?
What game do Lilia's parents and Mr. Pirzada play ever night?
Scrabble
What does Elliot notice by the door the first time he visits Mrs. Sen's apartment?
Several pairs of shoes lined along bookcase
What does Bibi want all the neighbors to tell about her?
She wants them to spread the word about her (good things) so she can get married
What word does she command the narrator to say?
Splendid
What did the neighbors learn about Bibi after her cousin abandons her?
That she is four months pregnant
From whose point of view is "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar" being told?
The community surrounding Haldar
What bothers the narrator "The Third and Final Continent" on his first night in the USA?
The noise?
What is the name of Mr. and Mrs. Das' daughter?
Tina
What does Haldar's wife not allow Bibi to do?
To come close to her child
Where did Haldar refuse to take Bibi?
To the studio to get pictures for the newspaper
What did Haldar think a wedding would be for them?
Too expensive
What do Lilia and Dora dress up as for Halloween?
Witches
In his first night in America, where does the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" stay?
YMCA
Lilia is unaware of national distinctions until she asks her father about setting a ______ for the Indian man.
a glass
What does Elliot's mother give him after he is in the car accident with Mrs. Sen?
a key
What did Mr. Chatterjee say Boori Ma's mouth was full of?
ashes
What does Mr. Pirzada give Lilia for Halloween?
box of chocolate covered mints
What does the narrator of "The Third and Final Continent" eat in his first days in USA?
cereal
What does Mrs. Das want to mail to Mr. Kapasi?
copies of their pictures
What makes Mrs. Sen happy?
fish from Seaside and letter from family
How does Mr. Kapasi feel about Mrs. Das' interest in his work as an interpreter?
flattered
What do Mrs. Sen and Elliot eat at the cafeteria the afternoon they explore the university?
french fries, elliot had soda, and mrs. sen had tea
Who died in Mrs. Sen's family?
grandfather
Where does Mrs. Croft want the narrator to put his rent each week?
ledge
What does Mrs. Sen hope to find in the mailbox daily?
letter from her family
Lilia treats the little candies Mr. Pirzada brings her like what?
like a jewel or rare coin
Where does Mrs. Sen do all her vegetable chopping?
living room floor
What does Boori Ma think in her bedding?
mites
What do the excited Das children see from the car as they drive through India?
monkeys
