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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ashima do immediately after she gives birth to Gogol?
(a) She asks the nurse to give her child to her immediately.
(b) She cries from the pain.
(c) She begins to shiver profoundly.
(d) She gives thanks for a healthy child.

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

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

4. How does a book save Ashoke's life?
(a) It stops a piece of flying metal that could have killed him.
(b) It doesn't have anything to do with his survival.
(c) He is reading it and, thus, is in a safe place during the train wreck.
(d) The book is like a warning and he avoids disaster.

5. What place does Ashima recall while in labor?
(a) The lake she once visited as a child.
(b) The apartment she shares with her husband.
(c) No place, she's totally involved in her present situation.
(d) Her childhood home in India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol do with the book his father gives him for his fourteenth birthday?

2. Are there many children about Gogol''s age at his second birthday party?

3. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth?

4. What does Gogol think when his parents tell him they are going to India for eight months?

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

(see the answer key)

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