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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ashima try to make for a midnight snack?
(a) Pickles, because she's pregnant
(b) Ice cream
(c) Rice Krispies bars
(d) A concoction sold for pennies in Calcutta

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

3. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?
(a) The pram is old and she's afraid it will break down.
(b) Friendly Americans interested in her baby.
(c) Gogol cries and she must stop to calm him down.
(d) She is still tired and can't walk as quickly as expected.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who else visits the baby Gogol in the hospital?

3. What does the man who lends Ashoke the book on the train tell him that he should do?

4. How does a book save Ashoke's life?

5. What does Ashoke do that reminds Ashima of the time he visited her parents' home?

(see the answer key)

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