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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of gifts does Gogol get at his second birthday party?
(a) Mementos of India.
(b) Baseballs, footballs and soccer balls.
(c) Trading cards for his collection.
(d) Dictionaries, calculators, sweaters, and pens.

2. After the train wreck, what did Ashoke do which he believes saved his life?
(a) He raised his hand and rescuers saw it.
(b) He stopped the flow of blood that otherwise would have killed him.
(c) He called out and someone heard his cry.
(d) He climbed out of the wreckage and ran to safety.

3. What did Ashima do upon first meeting Ashoke when he visited her family home in India?
(a) She said she didn't want to meet anyone from America.
(b) She changed into her most beautiful sari before meeting him.
(c) She impulsively stepped into the strange American shoes at the door.
(d) She asked him about his travels, especially about America.

4. What memory of the train wreck still haunts Ashima, even after his marriage and starting a new life in America?
(a) The still sky above such a terrible scene.
(b) The terrible silence after that first, wrenching crash.
(c) The twisted, battered, capsized bogies of the train.
(d) The cries of the people trapped inside.

5. What does the Ganguli family do in the beginning of their life in their new home, in the evenings?
(a) They watch American programs on their television.
(b) They go for drives and explore their new environs bit by bit.
(c) They sit outside and enjoy the luxury of a real yard.
(d) They work on their English language skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Ashoke explain how Gogol came about his name when he gives him the book by Nikoli Gogol?

2. What does the man who lends Ashoke the book on the train tell him that he should do?

3. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth?

4. What two kinds of parties does Gogol have for his fourteenth birthday?

5. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?

(see the answer key)

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