Characters
The two main characters engaging in an affair.
Who are Miranda and Dev?
Miranda's fascination with Dev is shaped largely by his ___ descent.
Indian-American (or Indian)
Dev takes advantage of the acoustics in the Mapparium to whisper this two-word phrase to her.
Ironically, Miranda meets Dev as he is buying cosmetics for this person.
Who is Dev's actual wife?
Miranda's conversation with Rohin allows her to finally realize that her and Dev's relationship is built solely upon ___.
Sexual attraction, objectification, etc.
Miranda's coworker.
Miranda moved away from Michigan, where she is from, for this reason.
In order to live in a place where she isn't known (or where she can lack identity).
Dev frequently comments on Miranda's body, telling her that she is the only woman he's known with this quality.
What are "legs this long"?
Once Dev's wife returns from India, Dev and Miranda must spend all their time together in this place – not in public.
What is Miranda's apartment?
True or false: Miranda, having realized that their relationship will not become something greater, formally ends things with Dev.
False. After several failed attempts to see each other, the relationship fades on its own accord.
An unnamed character engaging in an affair (*give a description of the character).
Who is Laxmi's cousin's husband?
Miranda's newfound appreciation for the broader world is reflected in her and Dev's visit to this Boston landmark.
What is the Mapparium?
Miranda initially believes that her relationship with Dev has the potential for greater meaning, as evidenced by her purchase of this item.
What is a cocktail dress?
Miranda neglects to tell Laxmi about her affair for this reason.
Because Laxmi's cousin is currently distraught by her husband's affair (and because she'd be highly critical of it).
After her and Dev's relationship fades, Miranda goes for a walk and finds herself gazing at this building.
What is the Mapparium?
The only other Indians Miranda had known before meeting Dev, giving her limited experiences with Indian people.
Who are the Dixits?
A picture of this Indian goddess terrified a young Miranda, leaving her with a limited, negative impression of Indian people before meeting Dev.
Who is Kali?
The fact that Miranda never takes the cocktail dress out of her closet indicates what about her and Dev's relationship?
That Miranda's hope for a public relationship, or one based on love, is an illusion.
Laxmi's cousin is compelled to take back her philandering husband for this reason.
For the sake of their child (Rohin).
Choose one word to describe Miranda's feelings about her fading relationship with Dev at the end of the novel (*there are multiple acceptable answers).
Accepting, calm, untroubled, etc.
The character(s) who told Miranda that she is "sexy."
Who are Dev and Rohin?
Due to her newfound appreciation for Indian culture, Miranda practices writing her name in this traditional Indian language.
What is Bengali?
The definition of sexiness, according to this character, is "loving someone you don't know."
Who is Rohin?
Laxmi describes this place as "the most romantic spot on Earth... an everlasting monument to love," allowing it to symbolize the value of fidelity.
What is the Taj Mahal?
That Miranda can tranquilly gaze at the Mapparium suggests that it isn't a source of painful memories for her, but what?
A source of reflection, or a sign of how much her relationship with Dev has opened her up to the broader world.