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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns Ashima about Sonia as she grows up?
(a) She fears she'll color a streak in her hair.
(b) She fears she'll forget her Indian heritage.
(c) She has no real concerns, she's pleased with her daughter.
(d) She hates the clothes she wears.

2. What does Gogol think when his parents tell him they are going to India for eight months?
(a) That they think he's become too American.
(b) That they are joking.
(c) That they are doing it only to acquaint him and Sonia with India.
(d) That they are homesick.

3. What happens to Ashoke and Ashima within a decade of moving to America?
(a) They become true Americans.
(b) They lose touch with their families in India.
(c) They seldom know what's going on with their families in India.
(d) They both become orphans.

4. What does Ashima try to make for a midnight snack?
(a) A concoction sold for pennies in Calcutta
(b) Pickles, because she's pregnant
(c) Ice cream
(d) Rice Krispies bars

5. Who will name Ashoke and Ashima's baby?
(a) They have asked Ashoke's relatives in India to come up with a suitable name.
(b) Ashima's grandmother.
(c) Ashoke, because Indian fathers always name their children.
(d) They will ask an American because they want an American name.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ashima's second pregnancy like?

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

4. What does Gogol decide to do a few weeks after moving away from his family and starting college?

5. How do Gogol and his friends celebrate his fourteenth birthday party?

(see the answer key)

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