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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Are there many children about Gogol''s age at his second birthday party?
(a) Most of the children are about Gogol's age.
(b) Only one, a girl named Moushumi.
(c) There are a few his age, most are older.
(d) He and Sonia are the only children, the guests are his parents' friends.

2. What does Gogol hate about explaining his name to people?
(a) That many people in India have pet names when children.
(b) How to pronounce it correctly.
(c) That his parents didn't have a name ready when he was born.
(d) That it's not Indian and is absurd and obscure.

3. How do Gogol and his friends celebrate his fourteenth birthday party?
(a) They go to a pizza parlor where they play video games.
(b) They go swimming at a nearby pool.
(c) They have pizzas and watched a baseball game on TV.
(d) They got to a baseball game and have pizza afterwards.

4. What does the man who lends Ashoke the book on the train tell him that he should do?
(a) Travel and see the world.
(b) Be glad he has family that loves him.
(c) Meet the mans' family at the end of the trip.
(d) Read widely as that is the same as traveling the world.

5. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with her after Gogol's birth?
(a) They exchange long letters about once a month.
(b) They call every evening at six, right after dinner.
(c) They write letters, once as many as three a week.
(d) They communicate sporadically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two kinds of parties does Gogol have for his fourteenth birthday?

2. What does Ashoke do while pacing in the mens' waiting room at the hospital?

3. What bad news does Ashima receive from her family in India soon after Gogol's birth?

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

5. What happens when the Ganguli family enters the Dum Dum Airport?

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