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What is the name of Jasmine's adopted son?
Du
Who is Duff's father?
Taylor
Why doesn't Prakash come to America with Jasmine?
He's dead.
When she was a child, what did the fortune teller predict would happen to Jasmine?
She would be widowed and exiled.
Why does Jasmine say, "Watch me re-position the stars"?
She's talking about changing her fate and going to California with Taylor and Duff.
What is Jasmine's only legal husband's name?
Prakash
Who is Jasmine's biological child's father?
Bud
Why is Bud in a wheelchair?
Harlan, a disgruntled farmer, shot Bud in the back.
What drink does Jasmine still associate with the smell of death?
Water
Who tells Jasmine, "you are the tornado. You're leaving a path of destruction behind you."
Karin (Bud's ex-wife)
What does Jasmine call her teacher in Inida?
Masterji
Who is Bud's ex-wife?
Karin
Why does Jasmine leave Professorji's apartment in Flushing?
She doesn't want to be in an Indian-only space; she wants independence and an American life.
Which people group does Jasmine typically compare to dogs/animals?
Immigrants
Where is Jasmine living when she says, "Plain Jane is all I want to be."
Iowa
Who, in Iowa, tries to cook Indian food for Jasmine?
Darrel
Who rescues Jasmine in Florida?
Lillian Gordon
She burns them under the Jasmine tree
Who is Kali?
Goddess of death and chaos
Who is Jasmine referring to when she says, "We ask only one thing: be allowed to land; to pass through; to continue"?
Immigrants
What does Jasmine call her mother?
Mataji
Identify all FIVE of Jasmine's names, in chronological order.
Jyoti, Jasmine, Jazzy, Jase, Jane
Name one of the other jobs, apart from caregiver to Duff, that Jasmine does in New York.
Answers phones; tutors
Who is Yama?
God of death
Who is Jasmine speaking to when she says, "I am sure that I have been reborn several times, and...some lives I can recall vividly"?
Dr. Mary Webb