1. How many people come to Sonia's rice ceremony when she's six months old?
(a) The whole neighborhood, including their American friends.
(b) Practically none because they have few Indian neighbors.
(c) So many that the Gangulis rent a building on campus.
(d) Just a handful but they are good friends of the family.

2. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents?
(a) Because he enjoys being on his own.
(b) He isn't happy, he's secretly afraid.
(c) Because he thinks no one will know they are related to him.
(d) He's glad because Sonia irritates him with her questions.

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

4. How does a book save Ashoke's life?
(a) The book is like a warning and he avoids disaster.
(b) It doesn't have anything to do with his survival.
(c) It stops a piece of flying metal that could have killed him.
(d) He is reading it and, thus, is in a safe place during the train wreck.

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