1. What kind of gifts does Gogol get at his second birthday party?
(a) Dictionaries, calculators, sweaters, and pens.
(b) Mementos of India.
(c) Trading cards for his collection.
(d) Baseballs, footballs and soccer balls.

2. What time of day was the train wreck?
(a) In the morning, when animals crossed the tracks looking for water.
(b) At noon, it happened when the depot was most crowded.
(c) At two-thirty in the morning, the middle of the night actually.
(d) In the evening, the engineer was blinded by the setting sun.

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

4. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with her after Gogol's birth?
(a) They communicate sporadically.
(b) They call every evening at six, right after dinner.
(c) They exchange long letters about once a month.
(d) They write letters, once as many as three a week.

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