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

2. Where does Gogol first begin to introduce himself to people as Nikhil?
(a) At the park where a little boy asks his name.
(b) At the bank where he gets a school loan.
(c) As soon as he gets home he introduces his new self to his family.
(d) His first day of school in New Haven.

3. What does Ashoke remember when he and Ashima bring Gogol home?
(a) That he'd not wanted children so soon.
(b) The conversation on the train before the train wreck.
(c) That he has a meeting and must soon leave for a while.
(d) How beautiful Ashima had been when they first met.

4. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it was supposed to get before leaving the hospital?
(a) Indian babies are never named so early in life.
(b) There was a mixup on the birth certificate.
(c) Ashoke and Ashima couldn't agree on a name.
(d) The grandmother's letter never arrived.

5. Who does Gogol meet on a train coming home from school during his freshman year in college?
(a) A woman who moves because she doesn't like immigrants.
(b) A friend from childhood whom he barely remembers.
(c) A fellow student from school, a girl he recognizes.
(d) A stranger who reminds him of his father.