Plot Points
Quotes
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100
Who is the protaognist?
Bibi
100
"To every problem there is a solution."
Bibi's father (166)
100
"But then a new treatment was prescribed for Bibi, the ____ __________ __ ____ ___."
"the most outrageous of them all" (page 161)
200
Whose point of view is the story told in?
the community
200
"No man wants a woman who dresses like a dishwasher."
the community (narrator) (161)
200
"We found her lying on the camp cot. She was about ____ ______ ________."
"four months pregnant" (172)
300
Who is the antagonist?
Haldar
300
"The medical risk is too great for an expectant mother to be in contact with an hysterical person"
Haldar (169)
300
"She was, to the best of our knowledge, _____."
"cured" (172)
400
What is the cure to Bibi's illness?
her son
400
"On Sundays he plucks hairs from her chin."
Bibi (164)
400
"In short, Bibi's life was an encounter with ___ _________ ________ after another."
"one fruitless antidote" (159)
500
What subject did Bibi's father teach?
Mathematics
500
"The best thing is to keep her occupied, away from the trouble she invariably creates."
Haldar and Haldar's wife (page 164)
500
"None of us were capable of understanding such __________."
"desolation" (166)
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