1. How do Gogol and his friends celebrate his fourteenth birthday party?
(a) They got to a baseball game and have pizza afterwards.
(b) They have pizzas and watched a baseball game on TV.
(c) They go swimming at a nearby pool.
(d) They go to a pizza parlor where they play video games.

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

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

4. What changes about the planned visit to India when Gogol is about a year old?
(a) Ashoke's schedule necessitates cancelling the trip.
(b) Ashima's father dies, necessitating her going early.
(c) Gogol gets sick and is in the hospital for most of the visit.
(d) Another family from India joins them for the trip.

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