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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Ashoke waits while Ashima gives birth, who does he thank for his survival and this miracle of new life about to begin?
(a) All the people of his family who came before him.
(b) Gogol, the Russian writer who saved his life in the train wreck.
(c) God, he is a very religious man.
(d) The man who lent him the book that saved his life.

2. What about the house becomes one of Gogol's earliest memories?
(a) The movement of the sun's rays across his bedroom floor.
(b) Playing in the dirt because there is no yard yet.
(c) The sound of the kids next door playing baseball.
(d) His parents discussing how to furnish their new home.

3. How does Ashima learn about Maxine?
(a) Ashima asks Gogol's friends.
(b) Gogol tells her he's going on vacation to Maxine's New Hampshire home.
(c) She corners Gogol and forces him to tell her.
(d) Maxine invites her to a party.

4. How does Ashoke's career advance in Chapter 3?
(a) He is promoted over an American teacher.
(b) He is asked to join a government research project.
(c) He is hired as assistant professor of electrical engineering.
(d) He is offered a post in California and accepts.

5. Why doesn't Gogol enjoy the trip to Paris with Moushumi as much as he expected?
(a) He misses his work and feels useless.
(b) He doesn't like the French culture.
(c) He worries about his mother alone and a widow.
(d) He feels left out of Moushumi's circle of friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Gogol bring things home from his father's apartment in Ohio for his mother?

2. What does Ashima tell Ashoke as soon as they bring their baby home?

3. What does Maxine notice about Gogol when he plays with her dog?

4. What happens while Moushumi and Gogol make love for the first time?

5. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?

(see the answer key)

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