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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two kinds of names do children in India usually receive?
(a) Names to be spoken and names never to be said out loud.
(b) Pet names and good names.
(c) Family names and nicknames.
(d) Formal names and informal names.

3. What difference does Ashima notice in her days before and after Gogol's birth?
(a) Now she has something to occupy her time.
(b) Now friends stop by at all hours to see Gogol.
(c) Now she can't seem to organize her days.
(d) Now she isn't the center of attention when Ashoke is home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What terrifies Ashima about having a child?

2. What place does Ashima recall while in labor?

3. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it was supposed to get before leaving the hospital?

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

5. What error in speech does Ashima make when talking with the nurse?

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