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Themes & Motifs
Miranda
Dev/Laxmi/Rohin
100

Miranda's co-worker and friend

Who is Laxmi?

100

The setting of the story

What is Boston?

100

A specific example of cultural differences

What is Miranda spelling the actress's name wrong/trying to learn about India/food

100

Miranda grew up in...

What is Michigan?

100

The place Dev is from

What is West Bengal?

200

The place where Miranda works

What is a public radio station?

200

Where Miranda first met Dev

What is a department store?

200

A specific example of loneliness

When Miranda is waiting on Saturday for Dev to come on Sunday

200

Miranda's age

What is 22?

200

The snack Laxmi eats 

What is Hot Mix?

300

Laxmi’s cousin’s husband left her for a woman he met in this country

What is England?

300

When Dev first calls Miranda "Sexy"

What is whispering on the bridge/at the Mapparium?

300

The contrast between Miranda and Laxmi's cousin

They are both on different sides of an affair. Miranda is the mistress and Laxmi's cousin is the sad wife. 

300

Besides Laxmi and Dev, the Indians that Miranda knew

Who are the Dixits? 

300

Rohin asks Miranda to draw this so he can memorize it.

What is their day together?

400

What Laxmi calls "the most romantic spot on earth" and “An everlasting monument to love"

What is the Taj Mahal?

400

The reason Miranda moves to Boston

What is because she wouldn't know anyone?

400

An example of food as a reoccurring element & the significance

Laxmi bringing Indian food to work

400

Miranda tries to do this with her name at the bookstore

What is transcribing her name in Bengali?

400
Dev says that his wife resembles...

Who is Madhuri Dixit?

500

The color Miranda paints her nails

What is clear?

500

What Miranda does at the end of the story

What is goes for a walk and sits across from the Mapparium & reflects on their relationship?

500

An example of guilt that Miranda feels

When she was frightened by the Dixits as a child

When she thinks about Laxmi's cousin and her husband fighting, leading to Miranda crying about her own affair with Dev. 

500

Do you think Miranda is a bad person? Why or why not? Use specific evidence.

we will judge if your answer is good enough

500

What Rohin says to Miranda after she wears the dress

What is "you're sexy"?