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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bad news does Ashima receive from her family in India soon after Gogol's birth?
(a) Her father has lost his job.
(b) Her little brother's wedding has been called off.
(c) Her grandmother has had a stroke.
(d) Their home was flooded and suffered extensive damage.

2. What changes about the planned visit to India when Gogol is about a year old?
(a) Ashoke's schedule necessitates cancelling the trip.
(b) Ashima's father dies, necessitating her going early.
(c) Gogol gets sick and is in the hospital for most of the visit.
(d) Another family from India joins them for the trip.

3. How does Ashoke's career advance in Chapter 3?
(a) He is offered a post in California and accepts.
(b) He is promoted over an American teacher.
(c) He is hired as assistant professor of electrical engineering.
(d) He is asked to join a government research project.

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

5. What does Gogol think when his parents tell him they are going to India for eight months?
(a) That they think he's become too American.
(b) That they are joking.
(c) That they are doing it only to acquaint him and Sonia with India.
(d) That they are homesick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do guests say about Sonia at the rice ceremony?

2. As Ashoke waits while Ashima gives birth, who does he thank for his survival and this miracle of new life about to begin?

3. How do Ashoke and Ashima give in to American customs?

4. What appearance does the Ganguli home present to a casual observer?

5. How many people come to Sonia's rice ceremony when she's six months old?

(see the answer key)

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