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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ashima do with most of the gifts Gogol gets at his second birthday party?
(a) The stores them in their original boxes for future use.
(b) She returns those that are duplicates for gift certificates.
(c) She sets them aside for regifting.
(d) She finds places for them in Gogol's crowded room.

3. What two kinds of parties does Gogol have for his fourteenth birthday?
(a) One with friends from school and one with Indian friends of his family.
(b) One at home and one at a pizza parlor.
(c) One on his actual birthday, another on the weekend when it's convenient.
(d) One with family and one with school friends.

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

5. What was Ashoke doing the day he almost died?
(a) He was helping his parents clean the yard.
(b) He was climbing a mountain.
(c) He was reading a book.
(d) He was crossing a street just like every other day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with her after Gogol's birth?

2. How do Gogol's parents explain his lack of an alternative identity to friends in India?

3. Who will name Ashoke and Ashima's baby?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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