Question
Tomato Chutney
A. Gautam
Mother goes on an exploration
of our backyard garden
under the perennial sun
to seek the most tender
5 spheres of cherry tomatoes
arrows of green peppers
tear drops of garlic cloves
and umbrella of cilantro
She tends the soil
10 and brushes her fingers through the earth
her bamboo basket gathers
her love and labor
She sings an old ghazal1
that once was my lullaby
15 as her pickings go to sleep
She washes them
under the rain of the sink
before the heat of the frying pan
softens their flesh
20 She sings and sings to drown
the drone of the blender
red speckled with green
In her Texas kitchen
Mother pours tamatar2 chutney
25 from India
1 a rhyming poem, also a song popular in many South Asian countries
2 tomato
The poet includes stanza 3 to
Responses
A reveal Mother’s tenderness reveal Mother’s tenderness
B emphasize Mother’s talentsemphasize Mother’s talents
C describe the steps of the recipedescribe the steps of the recipe
D relate better to the reader
A. Gautam
Mother goes on an exploration
of our backyard garden
under the perennial sun
to seek the most tender
5 spheres of cherry tomatoes
arrows of green peppers
tear drops of garlic cloves
and umbrella of cilantro
She tends the soil
10 and brushes her fingers through the earth
her bamboo basket gathers
her love and labor
She sings an old ghazal1
that once was my lullaby
15 as her pickings go to sleep
She washes them
under the rain of the sink
before the heat of the frying pan
softens their flesh
20 She sings and sings to drown
the drone of the blender
red speckled with green
In her Texas kitchen
Mother pours tamatar2 chutney
25 from India
1 a rhyming poem, also a song popular in many South Asian countries
2 tomato
The poet includes stanza 3 to
Responses
A reveal Mother’s tenderness reveal Mother’s tenderness
B emphasize Mother’s talentsemphasize Mother’s talents
C describe the steps of the recipedescribe the steps of the recipe
D relate better to the reader
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is **C: describe the steps of the recipe**.
In stanza 3, the poet outlines the process of washing the ingredients and cooking them, which aligns with describing the steps involved in making the tomato chutney.
In stanza 3, the poet outlines the process of washing the ingredients and cooking them, which aligns with describing the steps involved in making the tomato chutney.