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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth?
(a) Only if the child is in poor health and may not live long.
(b) Yes, because announcements cannot be sent out until the child has a name.
(c) No, because Indians believe names can wait.
(d) Yes, because a name is extrememely important in India.

2. As Ashoke waits while Ashima gives birth, who does he thank for his survival and this miracle of new life about to begin?
(a) All the people of his family who came before him.
(b) The man who lent him the book that saved his life.
(c) God, he is a very religious man.
(d) Gogol, the Russian writer who saved his life in the train wreck.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ashima do immediately after she gives birth to Gogol?

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

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

4. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?

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

(see the answer key)

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