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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of people are Ashima's neighbors in her first home in America?
(a) Families of professors at Harvard.
(b) Out-of-work Americans.
(c) A mix of peoples from all over the world.
(d) Other immigrants from India.

2. How many invited Indian immigrants come to Gogol's second birthday party?
(a) A handful because most are too busy to come.
(b) So many that they spill into the back yard.
(c) No one comes and the family is upset for Gogol's sake.
(d) Close to forty people.

3. What do the Gangulis do with their home while they are in India?
(a) Turn off the utilities and lock the doors.
(b) Pay a company to check on it every so often.
(c) The sell it, figuring to buy another, nicer home when they return.
(d) Rent it to an unmarried couple, students at the university.

4. How does Ashima feel about their move to the suburbs?
(a) She wishes there were more people from India nearby.
(b) She dislikes the house her husband insisted they rent.
(c) She finds it more distressing than moving from Calcutta to America.
(d) She is relieved to finally have a decent yard.

5. What did Ashima do upon first meeting Ashoke when he visited her family home in India?
(a) She asked him about his travels, especially about America.
(b) She impulsively stepped into the strange American shoes at the door.
(c) She changed into her most beautiful sari before meeting him.
(d) She said she didn't want to meet anyone from America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?

2. How many people come to Sonia's rice ceremony when she's six months old?

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

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

5. As Ashoke waits while Ashima gives birth, who does he thank for his survival and this miracle of new life about to begin?

(see the answer key)

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