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Question 5: After Mr. Kapasi asks Mrs. Das if she is feeling pain or guilt, Lahiri writes, “She turned to him and
glared, mustard oil thick on her frosty pink lips. She opened her mouth to say something, but as she glared at
Mr. Kapasi some certain knowledge seemed to pass before her eyes, and she stopped”. What is Lahiri’s
attitude toward Mrs. Das at this juncture? What is the “certain knowledge” she realizes?
Question 6: Trace the changes in Mr. Kapasi and Mrs. Das’s relationship. How do her responses to her own
family mirror shifts in her relationship to Mr. Kapasi? How do you interpret the ending of story? Were you
expecting it? What does the final sentence mean: “Mr. Kapasi observed it too, knowing that this was the picture
of the Das family he would preserve forever in his mind?
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