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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difference does Ashima notice in her days before and after Gogol's birth?
(a) Now she isn't the center of attention when Ashoke is home.
(b) Now friends stop by at all hours to see Gogol.
(c) Now she has something to occupy her time.
(d) Now she can't seem to organize her days.

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

3. What changes about the planned visit to India when Gogol is about a year old?
(a) Another family from India joins them for the trip.
(b) Gogol gets sick and is in the hospital for most of the visit.
(c) Ashoke's schedule necessitates cancelling the trip.
(d) Ashima's father dies, necessitating her going early.

4. What bad news does Ashima receive from her family in India soon after Gogol's birth?
(a) Her little brother's wedding has been called off.
(b) Their home was flooded and suffered extensive damage.
(c) Her grandmother has had a stroke.
(d) Her father has lost his job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?

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

3. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?

4. What did Ashoke do after the train wreck when he had nightmares at night and couldn't sleep?

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

(see the answer key)

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