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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What's the first thing that causes Ashima and Ashoke to suspect she's pregnant?
(a) She gains weight quickly, which makes them suspect pregnancy.
(b) She accuses Ashoke of substituting salt for sugar.
(c) She faints.
(d) She throws up after breakfast.

2. What does Ashima tell Ashoke as soon as they bring their baby home?
(a) She says she can't do this.
(b) She says nothing; she is tired and needs her sleep.
(c) She rebukes him for not having done the dishes.
(d) She tells him they are starting on a new journey in life.

3. What does Ashoke remember when he and Ashima bring Gogol home?
(a) How beautiful Ashima had been when they first met.
(b) That he has a meeting and must soon leave for a while.
(c) That he'd not wanted children so soon.
(d) The conversation on the train before the train wreck.

4. What error in speech does Ashima make when talking with the nurse?
(a) She slips into her native tongue without realizing it.
(b) She uses the wrong word for baby.
(c) None, English was her best subject in Calcutta.
(d) She forgets to use the plural when mentioning toes and fingers.

5. After the train wreck, what did Ashoke do which he believes saved his life?
(a) He climbed out of the wreckage and ran to safety.
(b) He called out and someone heard his cry.
(c) He stopped the flow of blood that otherwise would have killed him.
(d) He raised his hand and rescuers saw it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day was the train wreck?

2. Who else visits the baby Gogol in the hospital?

3. What did Ashoke do after the train wreck when he had nightmares at night and couldn't sleep?

4. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?

5. What two kinds of names do children in India usually receive?

(see the answer key)

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