Ronny Das
eldest Das child/ disobeys parents/ does what he wants all the time
Tina Das
youger Das daughter/ whines & misbehaves/ seeks moms attention(fails)
Bobby Das
younger Das son/ conceived by adultery in New Brunswick / doesn't even look similar to Mr. Dad (mentally or physically)/ gets attacked by monkeys but is saved my Mr. Kasapi
Mr. Raj Das
middle school science teacher/ hired by Mr. Kapasi to go on family trip/ interested in Indian culture (only through camera and guide book)
Mrs.
Mina Das
self absorbed wife of Mr. Das/ 28 yrs old/ had an affair 8 yrs ago(nobody knows at home but she starts to feel guilty when she gets to India/ conceived Bobby
the Das Family
parents born and raised in America/ met in highschool when Mr. Das proposed/ wtheir parents moved from India to the US/ kids also born and raised in US/ moved a lot New Brunswick, New Jersey, next New York
Mr. Kapasi
Indian tour guide/46 yrs old/ son (age 7)died of Typhoid/ dreamed of being a diplomat/ arranged loveless marriage
setting
India/ mid-July/ near the coast/ ideal weather for sight seeing
where was the group headed at the beginning of the story?
to see the Sun Temple at Konarak
where did Mr.
Kapasi pick the family up?
in front of Hotel Sandy Villa
what is a hanuman?
a grey monkey venerated by Hindus
what was Mrs. Das doing during the car ride?
polishing her nails
what did Mr. Das take a picture of when they pulled over?
a barefoot man with a dirty old turban on his head, seated on top of a grain cart pulled by a pair of bullocks
Gujarati
from Gujarat, a state in western India
what did the family eat when they stoped for lunch?
bottled mango juice, sandwiches, and plates of onions, and potatoes deep-fried in graham-flour batter
what time did they arrive in Konarak?
2:30 p.m.
Sun Temple
built between 1243 and 1255 A.D. by 1,200 artisans by the "great ruler of the Ganga dynasty, King Narasimhadeva the First, to commemorate his victory against the Muslim army
what river used to flow one mile north of the Sun Temple?
The Chandrabhaga River
what is the name of the sun god?
Surya
when did Mrs. Das tell Mr.
Kapasi about Bobby?
when Bobby was passing a stick back and forth with a monkey
what does Mrs. Das offer to Mr. Kapasi while they sit in the car?
packet of puffed rice
how was Bobby conceived?
when an old "Punjabi friend" stayed with them/ he was conceived in the afternoon on a sofa littered with teething toys after the fried learned he got hired
how did Mr. Kapasi get the monkeys away from Bobby
by take a branch and waving it around and shooed them away
what fell out of Mrs. Das's bag when she got the hair brush?
the slip of paper with Mr.
Kapasi's address on it(nobody but him noticed it) "knowing that this was the picture of the Das family he would preserve forever in his mind"
