The Namesake Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

1. What does Ashima try to make for a midnight snack?

2. Why is Ashima embarrassed to wear a hospital gown?

3. Where do women in India go to have babies?

4. What place does Ashima recall while in labor?

5. What terrifies Ashima about having a child?

6. What error in speech does Ashima make when talking with the nurse?

7. What did Ashima do upon first meeting Ashoke when he visited her family home in India?

8. What does Ashoke do that reminds Ashima of the time he visited her parents' home?

9. What's the first thing that causes Ashima and Ashoke to suspect she's pregnant?

10. What does Ashoke do while pacing...
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