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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gogol do at his birthday party with friends that he'd never done before?
(a) He finally had a frosted cake and ice cream.
(b) He said no to a frosted cake and ice cream.
(c) He had a boy-girl party with dancing.
(d) He got presents from friends, something his parents had not allowed before.

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

3. 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 doesn't want to know her future.
(d) She'll always live between two cultures.

4. How do Ashoke and Ashima give in to American customs?
(a) They cease celebrating Indian holidays.
(b) They buy season tickets to sporting events.
(c) They let Sonia and Gogol choose American food at the supermarket.
(d) They wear American clothes even in their own home.

5. What terrifies Ashima about having a child?
(a) The pain of childbirth.
(b) Raising it in a place so far from home.
(c) Caring for a child with an absent husband.
(d) The difficulty of getting her figure back afterwards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What difference does Ashima notice in her days before and after Gogol's birth?

3. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it was supposed to get before leaving the hospital?

4. What does Ashima try to make for a midnight snack?

5. Where do women in India go to have babies?

(see the answer key)

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