The Vendor of Sweets Chapter 9 Quiz

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The Vendor of Sweets Chapter 9 Quiz

  1. Jagan comes home and starts spinning yarn like Gandhi taught.  

  2. He feels God sent the bearded man to change his life.  

  3. Jagan wonders if he should live with the bearded man at a shrine.  

  4. He tells himself he’s not a sweet-shop owner or Mali’s father anymore.  

  5. Mali comes and says, “Stop spinning, we need to talk.”  

  6. Mali gets a cable from his associates and asks Jagan about the business.  

  7. Jagan feels bad and offers Mali the sweet shop.  

  8. Mali says the sweet shop is useless now, everyone is talking about it.  

  9. Mali wants to bring American knowledge to India, not sell sweets.  

  10. If Jagan says no to the business, Mali says Grace will go back to America.  

  11. Jagan asks where Grace goes, but Mali says she’s free to move.  

  12. Mali tells Jagan that Grace isn’t like Indian daughters-in-law.  

  13. Jagan wants to say Grace has housework, but he keeps quiet.  

  14. Mali says wives staying with husbands was only in Jagan’s time.  

  15. Jagan stays up all night worrying about Grace’s happiness.

The Vendor of Sweets Chapter 9 Quiz

Welcome to your The Vendor of Sweets Chapter 9 Quiz

1. What activity does Jagan engage in when he returns home at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. What internal transformation does Jagan feel he has undergone?

3. What does Jagan tell himself he is no longer?

4. What does Mali reveal he has received from his “associates”?

5. What does Jagan offer Mali to resolve their conflict?

6. What is the “barrier” Jagan feels sorry about?

7. What does Jagan’s spinning of yarn symbolize in the chapter 9?

8. The mention of “daughters-in-law in our miserable country” by Mali indicates:

9. The chapter 9 paints Mali as:

10. How does 9th chapter contribute to the novel’s exploration of East-West dichotomy?

11. What can be inferred about Grace’s relationship with Mali?

12. What does Mali imply about traditional Indian daughters-in-law?

13. How does Mali view the generational differences between himself and Jagan?

14. What does Jagan refrain from mentioning about Grace's role?

15. How does Jagan feel about the possibility of Grace leaving India?


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