What is the best definition for the word admonish in the following lines from the novel
"Unlike her parents,and her other relatives,her grandmother had not admonished Ashima not to eat beef or wear skirts or cut off her hair or forget her family the moment she landed in Boston"
a. belittled
b. warned
c. approved
d. harassed

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What is the best definition for the word admonish in the following lines from the novel 
"Unlike her parents,and her other relatives,her grandmother had not admonished Ashima not to eat beef or wear skirts or cut off her hair or forget her family the moment she landed in Boston"
a. belittled 
b. warned 
c. approved 
d. harassed

anonymous · Answer

Also the second question is 
According to the Author Study, which of the following elements from The Namesake is NOT shared by both the main character,Gogol and the author Jhumpa Lahiri?
a. having a pet name or a good name 
b. having a father who worked for a university  
c. having a father who was in a near-fatal accident in his youth 
d. growing up with parents who were immigrants from India

anonymous · Answer

1. I would say D.

2. I'm afraid I have never read that book. SO I can't answer it, sorry.

anonymous · Answer

Just took the lesson.
1. B: Warned
2. C: having a father who was in a near-fatal accident in his youth
3. C: continuing 
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