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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do guests say about Sonia at the rice ceremony?
(a) She'll be important when she grows up.
(b) She is the true American.
(c) She'll always live between two cultures.
(d) She doesn't want to know her future.

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

3. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?
(a) A name that will look good on an American letterhead.
(b) He's too confused to think about names and chooses the first one that comes to mind.
(c) A pet name.
(d) A name his child should be proud to carry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why doesn't Gogol want to go to school when he begins Kindergarten?

(see the answer key)

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