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
Question
Based on the last stanza, the reader can conclude that the chutney
Responses
A is not the same as it would be in Indiais not the same as it would be in India
B is the most important reminder of Indiais the most important reminder of India
C is the only Indian recipe the speaker knows is the only Indian recipe the speaker knows
D helps Mother feel more at homehelps Mother feel more at home
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
Question
Based on the last stanza, the reader can conclude that the chutney
Responses
A is not the same as it would be in Indiais not the same as it would be in India
B is the most important reminder of Indiais the most important reminder of India
C is the only Indian recipe the speaker knows is the only Indian recipe the speaker knows
D helps Mother feel more at homehelps Mother feel more at home
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Based on the last stanza, the best conclusion the reader can make is:
**D. helps Mother feel more at home.**
This conclusion can be drawn as the stanza describes Mother pouring chutney from India in her Texas kitchen, suggesting that preparing this chutney connects her to her heritage and evokes the comforts of home.
**D. helps Mother feel more at home.**
This conclusion can be drawn as the stanza describes Mother pouring chutney from India in her Texas kitchen, suggesting that preparing this chutney connects her to her heritage and evokes the comforts of home.