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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ashoke do after the train wreck when he had nightmares at night and couldn't sleep?
(a) He read books about other countries.
(b) He drank until he could sleep again.
(c) He went looking for people to be with.
(d) He paced and talked himself into a calm state.

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

3. Who else visits the baby Gogol in the hospital?
(a) Neighbors of the Gangulis.
(b) A couple the Gangulis met and a professor friend of Ashoke.
(c) No one, they don't know anyone in America yet.
(d) Ashoke's fellow students from college.

4. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?
(a) In India and America.
(b) They always lived in America.
(c) They traveled the world during her childhood.
(d) In England and America.

5. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?
(a) A fully furnished apartment near Harvard and MIT.
(b) An apartment in the slums, surrounded by noisy neighbors.
(c) A two-story Georgian home the Ganguli family purchased.
(d) A sunny, comfortable home shared by three immigrant families.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gogol meet Maxine?

2. How does Ashima react to Gogol's time in pre-school?

3. What are Moushumi and Gogol doing when he kisses her in her apartment?

4. How does Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?

5. How does Ashima feel about Gogol having a girlfriend?

(see the answer key)

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