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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Gogol bring things home from his father's apartment in Ohio for his mother?
(a) He doesn't have time to sort through things.
(b) There's nothing of personal importance in the apartment.
(c) It's not their way.
(d) He doesn't want to make her cry.

3. After the train wreck, what did Ashoke do which he believes saved his life?
(a) He stopped the flow of blood that otherwise would have killed him.
(b) He raised his hand and rescuers saw it.
(c) He climbed out of the wreckage and ran to safety.
(d) He called out and someone heard his cry.

4. Why doesn't Gogol want to go to school when he begins Kindergarten?
(a) He is afraid of the strange building.
(b) He has been told he will be called by a different name.
(c) He wants to stay home and play.
(d) He doesn't want to be the only Indian at the school.

5. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?
(a) His job doesn't allow for him to come home at all.
(b) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.
(c) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.
(d) Every three weekends he comes home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Ashima alarmed when Ashoke calls her in the evening when he is sick?

2. What does Gogol's father say after giving him a special gift for his fourteenth birthday?

3. What does the man who lends Ashoke the book on the train tell him that he should do?

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

5. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?

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