1. What terrifies Ashima about having a child?
(a) The pain of childbirth.
(b) The difficulty of getting her figure back afterwards.
(c) Raising it in a place so far from home.
(d) Caring for a child with an absent husband.

2. How does Ashima feel about Gogol's living with Maxine?
(a) She doesn't like it but knows she must accept it.
(b) She constantly tells him he must not live with her.
(c) She's glad because soon Gogol and Maxine will marry.
(d) She refuses to admit he's living with a woman he's not married to.

3. How does Gogol feel about his frequent visits to Maxine's home?
(a) He feels like he doesn't belong and never will.
(b) He is uncomfortable with their overly friendly attitude towards him.
(c) He feels like they are only pretending to like him.
(d) He feels like he's effortlessly incorporated into their lives.

4. How has Dimitri changed since Moushumi first met him?
(a) She doesn't see any changes at all.
(b) He's finally achieved the self-confidence he always wanted.
(c) Unlike when they first met, he's attentive.
(d) Some gray has come into his hair and some lines are around his mouth and eyes.

5. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?
(a) He's too confused to think about names and chooses the first one that comes to mind.
(b) A name that will look good on an American letterhead.
(c) A pet name.
(d) A name his child should be proud to carry.