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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Gogol give his mother as a gift when his baby sister is born?
(a) A pretty bow for her hair that his father helped him pick out at the store.
(b) A picture of his family that he drew.
(c) A bracelet he made at school.
(d) A blanket for the baby.

4. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?
(a) She didn't like the neighbors.
(b) She was delighted with the sunny, spacious rooms.
(c) It was smaller than Ashoke had described.
(d) It was not at all what she had expected.

5. What does Ashima try to make for a midnight snack?
(a) Ice cream
(b) Rice Krispies bars
(c) A concoction sold for pennies in Calcutta
(d) Pickles, because she's pregnant

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol hate about explaining his name to people?

2. What does Ashoke do while pacing in the mens' waiting room at the hospital?

3. Why doesn't Ashoke explain how Gogol came about his name when he gives him the book by Nikoli Gogol?

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

5. What terrifies Ashima about having a child?

(see the answer key)

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