1. What time of day was the train wreck?
(a) In the morning, when animals crossed the tracks looking for water.
(b) At noon, it happened when the depot was most crowded.
(c) At two-thirty in the morning, the middle of the night actually.
(d) In the evening, the engineer was blinded by the setting sun.

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

3. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?
(a) It's a tradition in India for a father to do this.
(b) Ashima gets sick riding in a car so Ashoke must take him.
(c) Ashima is overcome by tears and can't bring him herself.
(d) Gogol asks his father to bring him.

4. What does Gogol decide to do a few weeks after moving away from his family and starting college?
(a) He goes a little wild and ends up drunk.
(b) He decides to change his name legally.
(c) Nothing, he finally accepts his name as a part of him.
(d) He moves back home because he's homesick and he commutes.

5. What does the school counselor say about Gogol missing so much school?
(a) They insist Gogol keep up on his studies.
(b) They say nothing, many of their students travel a lot.
(c) They are concerned and do not like it.
(d) They feel the trip itself will be educational.