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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with her after Gogol's birth?
(a) They call every evening at six, right after dinner.
(b) They communicate sporadically.
(c) They exchange long letters about once a month.
(d) They write letters, once as many as three a week.

2. What does Ashima tell Ashoke as soon as they bring their baby home?
(a) She tells him they are starting on a new journey in life.
(b) She rebukes him for not having done the dishes.
(c) She says nothing; she is tired and needs her sleep.
(d) She says she can't do this.

3. 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 tells them that a child is a fragile thing.
(d) She shows them how to change his diapers.

4. Where do women in India go to have babies?
(a) An obstetrical clinic.
(b) The maternity ward in a hospital.
(c) They stay home and have help from their mother-in-law.
(d) Home to their family.

5. What about the house becomes one of Gogol's earliest memories?
(a) Playing in the dirt because there is no yard yet.
(b) The movement of the sun's rays across his bedroom floor.
(c) The sound of the kids next door playing baseball.
(d) His parents discussing how to furnish their new home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ashoke and Ashima give in to American customs?

2. As a young boy, how does Gogol feel about his name?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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