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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 the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?
(a) She leaves them alone for a while.
(b) She makes sure their wrist bands match.
(c) She tells them that a child is a fragile thing.
(d) She shows them how to change his diapers.

2. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?
(a) Friendly Americans interested in her baby.
(b) The pram is old and she's afraid it will break down.
(c) She is still tired and can't walk as quickly as expected.
(d) Gogol cries and she must stop to calm him down.

3. What does Ashima do with most of the gifts Gogol gets at his second birthday party?
(a) She returns those that are duplicates for gift certificates.
(b) She sets them aside for regifting.
(c) She finds places for them in Gogol's crowded room.
(d) The stores them in their original boxes for future use.

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

5. What error in speech does Ashima make when talking with the nurse?
(a) She uses the wrong word for baby.
(b) None, English was her best subject in Calcutta.
(c) She forgets to use the plural when mentioning toes and fingers.
(d) She slips into her native tongue without realizing it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the school counselor say about Gogol missing so much school?

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

3. In what type of neighborhood do the Gangulis finally purchase a home?

4. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?

5. What changes about the planned visit to India when Gogol is about a year old?

(see the answer key)

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