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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?
(a) A two-story Georgian home the Ganguli family purchased.
(b) A fully furnished apartment near Harvard and MIT.
(c) A sunny, comfortable home shared by three immigrant families.
(d) An apartment in the slums, surrounded by noisy neighbors.

3. Why is Ashima embarrassed to wear a hospital gown?
(a) It's ugly.
(b) It only comes to her knees.
(c) The back is open.
(d) She hates white.

4. What's the first thing that causes Ashima and Ashoke to suspect she's pregnant?
(a) She gains weight quickly, which makes them suspect pregnancy.
(b) She throws up after breakfast.
(c) She faints.
(d) She accuses Ashoke of substituting salt for sugar.

5. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?
(a) It was not at all what she had expected.
(b) She was delighted with the sunny, spacious rooms.
(c) It was smaller than Ashoke had described.
(d) She didn't like the neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Ashoke doing the day he almost died?

3. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth?

4. Where do women in India go to have babies?

5. What kind of people are Ashima's neighbors in her first home in America?

(see the answer key)

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