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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ashoke do while pacing in the mens' waiting room at the hospital?
(a) He carries flowers he has bought for Ashima.
(b) He reads the Globe.
(c) He drags his fingers through his hair.
(d) He tries to calm down the other expectant fathers.

2. What is Ashima's second pregnancy like?
(a) She has no problems such as when she had Gogol.
(b) She is constantly sick and smells bother her a lot.
(c) She is sick but doesn't let that slow her down.
(d) She is in serious danger of having a miscarriage.

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) Gogol cries and she must stop to calm him down.
(c) Friendly Americans interested in her baby.
(d) She is still tired and can't walk as quickly as expected.

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

5. In what type of neighborhood do the Gangulis finally purchase a home?
(a) In the country, where there are no neighbors to look down on them.
(b) An ordinary area where plastic wading pools are left out on the lawns.
(c) In an historic area where they will be steeped in tradition.
(d) Where Ashoke can get to work quickly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What bad news does Ashima receive from her family in India soon after Gogol's birth?

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

4. How do Gogol's parents explain his lack of an alternative identity to friends in India?

5. What about the house becomes one of Gogol's earliest memories?

(see the answer key)

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