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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do women in India go to have babies?
(a) They stay home and have help from their mother-in-law.
(b) Home to their family.
(c) An obstetrical clinic.
(d) The maternity ward in a hospital.

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

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

4. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?
(a) She leaves them alone for a while.
(b) She shows them how to change his diapers.
(c) She tells them that a child is a fragile thing.
(d) She makes sure their wrist bands match.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two kinds of names do children in India usually receive?

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

3. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?

4. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?

5. What memory of the train wreck still haunts Ashima, even after his marriage and starting a new life in America?

(see the answer key)

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