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

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

3. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?
(a) They ask them if there is anything of Ashoke's that they can use.
(b) They dab themselves with mud and ashes for mourning.
(c) They invite friends to mark the end of the mourning period.
(d) They return to India with Ashoke's ashes.

4. How does Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?
(a) She ignores them, talking only to Gogol.
(b) She insults them by refusing to eat their Indian food.
(c) She is polite and draws them out in conversation.
(d) She asks questions that are much too personal.

5. How did Moushumi's engagement end?
(a) Moushumi's parents didn't approve so she ended it.
(b) She needed her freedom and broke it off.
(c) She overheard him criticizing her Indian heritage.
(d) An old girlfriend of Graham's showed up and he left with her.