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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?
(a) She is still tired and can't walk as quickly as expected.
(b) The pram is old and she's afraid it will break down.
(c) Friendly Americans interested in her baby.
(d) Gogol cries and she must stop to calm him down.

2. Why is the principal confused about Gogol's name?
(a) She can't understand Ashoke's Indian accent.
(b) The birth certificate and Gogol's father state different names for him.
(c) She doesn't understand about Indian pet names.
(d) She can't figure out how to pronounce the unfamiliar name.

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

4. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?
(a) A fully furnished apartment near Harvard and MIT.
(b) An apartment in the slums, surrounded by noisy neighbors.
(c) A two-story Georgian home the Ganguli family purchased.
(d) A sunny, comfortable home shared by three immigrant families.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ashima do immediately after she gives birth to Gogol?

2. What was Ashoke doing the day he almost died?

3. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?

4. Why does the principal finally end up registering Gogol by his pet name?

5. What memory of the train wreck still haunts Ashima, even after his marriage and starting a new life in America?

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