A Temporary Matter

What are the characters' names?

• Shoba

• Shukumar

• Jhumpa

• Lahiri

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How do the characters find themselves in the dark?

• Their power is shut off because they are moving.

• Their power is shut off because they are behind in payments.

• Their power is shut off for routine maintenance.

• Their power is shut off because it is a tradition to eat by candlelight.

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What tradition do the characters start at dinnertime?

• The husband cooks dinner.

• They eat in front of the TV together.

• The compliment each other.

• They each tell a secret.

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What does the wife reveal at the end?

• She is moving out.

• She never wanted kids.

• She shouldn't have married him.

• She misses her family.

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What does the husband reveal at the end?

• Their stillborn child was a girl.

• Their stillborn child was a boy.

• He had an affair.

• He didn't love her anymore.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

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