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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents?
(a) Because he enjoys being on his own.
(b) He's glad because Sonia irritates him with her questions.
(c) Because he thinks no one will know they are related to him.
(d) He isn't happy, he's secretly afraid.

2. What does Ashima do immediately after she gives birth to Gogol?
(a) She gives thanks for a healthy child.
(b) She cries from the pain.
(c) She begins to shiver profoundly.
(d) She asks the nurse to give her child to her immediately.

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

4. What does Ashoke do while pacing in the mens' waiting room at the hospital?
(a) He reads the Globe.
(b) He tries to calm down the other expectant fathers.
(c) He drags his fingers through his hair.
(d) He carries flowers he has bought for Ashima.

5. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?
(a) Ashima gets sick riding in a car so Ashoke must take him.
(b) Ashima is overcome by tears and can't bring him herself.
(c) It's a tradition in India for a father to do this.
(d) Gogol asks his father to bring him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Gangulis do with their home while they are in India?

3. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?

4. Why doesn't Gogol want to go to school when he begins Kindergarten?

5. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?

(see the answer key)

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