Characters
Who is the college student visiting her parents in India
Who is Uma?
In large quantities.
What is Copiously?
When a group of British boys end up stranded on an inhabited island and try to govern themselves, all hell breaks loose. What literary work does this reference?
What is Lord of The Flies?
Who is the first person willing to tell their one amazing thing?
Who is Tariq?
When Mrs. Pritchett finally gets to India, she planned on doing what?
What is Leaving Mr. Pritchett/Starting over and beginning a new life?
Who was in the US army?
Who is Cameron?
A women's Indian garment.
What is a sari?
Also commonly known as "Chaucer's Magnum Opus", written by Geoffery Chaucer is a collection of stories that explore the journey of pilgrims. What literary work is this?
What is The Canterbury Tales?
Which two characters get into an altercation first?
Who are Tariq and Cameron?
Why is Tariq's mother trying to go to India?
What is Because it is safer than being in America after the events of 9/11?
Who's hair does Malati burn off?
Who is Mrs. Balan?
Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.
What is a Dowry?
"Who would of thought the old woman had so much blood in her" is a literary reference to what Shakespearian play?
What is Macbeth?
The place that Cameron chooses to volunteer at and meets the holy man named Jeff.
What is a Hospice?
What war were Jiang and her family trying to get away from?
What is the Sinho-Indian War of 1962?
Who is barried underneath the rubble (after opening the door).
Who is Tariq?
A soft, greasy, or vicious substance used as an ointment or for lubrications.
What is Unguent?
When lily is sliding down a mountain of debris, she refers to herself as Gulliver. What literary work is she referring to?
What is Gulliver's Travels?
How many years has it been since Cameron lost his son?
What is Thirteen Years?
After Jeff convinces Cameron to try to adopt a child, What is the child's name that he chooses and what is in his suitcase when he plans to visit her?
Who is Seva? What is Toys?
What is Mr. Pritchett's last name?
Who is Lancelot?
A traditional combination dress worn by women, and din some regions by men. A long shirt with pants.
What is Shalwar Kameez?
An epic high-fantasy novel by author J.R.R Tolkien, set in middle earth as a sequel to the popular novel The Hobbit.
What is Lord of the rings?
When lily describes her brother to the group, Tariq asks her what?
What is "This is the young man I remind you of?"
When Uma learns that her father is planning on divorcing her mother, she runs away. What does she witness that makes her come back AND why is it caused?
What is the Aurora borealis/ a major explosion in a chemical factory causing a chemical fire?