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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ashima feel about Gogol having a girlfriend?
(a) She sees it as fate that eventually he will marry and leave her.
(b) She hopes he doesn't find a girlfriend because then he won't come home.
(c) She hopes he can find happiness as great as hers was.
(d) She is quietly concerned and hopeful.

2. How does Ashima react to Gogol's time in pre-school?
(a) She is concerned that he will forget his Indian heritage.
(b) She wishes she could learn alongside him.
(c) She finds herself at long last with time for herself.
(d) She is despondent, unused to being alone all over again.

3. What do Moushumi's friends decide about names?
(a) There is no perfect name.
(b) They wish their culture had as beautiful names as Indian ones.
(c) No matter what the name, it eventually seems to suit.
(d) They will wait until the child is born and then decide.

4. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?
(a) She makes sure their wrist bands match.
(b) She tells them that a child is a fragile thing.
(c) She leaves them alone for a while.
(d) She shows them how to change his diapers.

5. What difference does Ashima notice in her days before and after Gogol's birth?
(a) Now she isn't the center of attention when Ashoke is home.
(b) Now friends stop by at all hours to see Gogol.
(c) Now she has something to occupy her time.
(d) Now she can't seem to organize her days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Moushumi and Gogol doing when he kisses her in her apartment?

2. How is the Ratliff's house in New Hampshire different from the one in New York City?

3. How does conversation at a party attended by Gogol and Moushumi at the home of a friend come around to the subject of names?

4. What do Moushumi and Gogol do during their free time after they are husband and wife?

5. What do most of their Indian friends give the couple as wedding presents?

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