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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will name Ashoke and Ashima's baby?
(a) Ashoke, because Indian fathers always name their children.
(b) They have asked Ashoke's relatives in India to come up with a suitable name.
(c) Ashima's grandmother.
(d) They will ask an American because they want an American name.

2. What does the man who lends Ashoke the book on the train tell him that he should do?
(a) Read widely as that is the same as traveling the world.
(b) Travel and see the world.
(c) Be glad he has family that loves him.
(d) Meet the mans' family at the end of the trip.

3. What place does Ashima recall while in labor?
(a) The apartment she shares with her husband.
(b) The lake she once visited as a child.
(c) No place, she's totally involved in her present situation.
(d) Her childhood home in India.

4. What does Ashoke do while pacing in the mens' waiting room at the hospital?
(a) He carries flowers he has bought for Ashima.
(b) He reads the Globe.
(c) He tries to calm down the other expectant fathers.
(d) He drags his fingers through his hair.

5. 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) Formal names and informal names.
(c) Pet names and good names.
(d) Family names and nicknames.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After the train wreck, what did Ashoke do which he believes saved his life?

4. What difference does Ashima notice in her days before and after Gogol's birth?

5. What changes about the planned visit to India when Gogol is about a year old?

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