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

2. What is Ashima's second pregnancy like?
(a) She is sick but doesn't let that slow her down.
(b) She is in serious danger of having a miscarriage.
(c) She has no problems such as when she had Gogol.
(d) She is constantly sick and smells bother her a lot.

3. What about the house becomes one of Gogol's earliest memories?
(a) His parents discussing how to furnish their new home.
(b) Playing in the dirt because there is no yard yet.
(c) The sound of the kids next door playing baseball.
(d) The movement of the sun's rays across his bedroom floor.

4. How does Ashoke's career advance in Chapter 3?
(a) He is asked to join a government research project.
(b) He is promoted over an American teacher.
(c) He is hired as assistant professor of electrical engineering.
(d) He is offered a post in California and accepts.

5. Why doesn't Ashoke explain how Gogol came about his name when he gives him the book by Nikoli Gogol?
(a) He doesn't like the person his son has become.
(b) He sees that Gogol is interested in other things.
(c) He feels Gogol should figure it out on his own.
(d) He doesn't want Gogol to know about the terrible train wreck Ashoke was in.