1. How does a book save Ashoke's life?
(a) It doesn't have anything to do with his survival.
(b) It stops a piece of flying metal that could have killed him.
(c) He is reading it and, thus, is in a safe place during the train wreck.
(d) The book is like a warning and he avoids disaster.

2. What happens to Ashoke and Ashima within a decade of moving to America?
(a) They both become orphans.
(b) They seldom know what's going on with their families in India.
(c) They become true Americans.
(d) They lose touch with their families in India.

3. How do Gogol's parents explain his lack of an alternative identity to friends in India?
(a) They tell people he would only respond to Gogol.
(b) They say they forgot such things after living in America.
(c) They say alternative identities are not used in America.
(d) They say the law about names in America makes such identities difficult if not impossible.

4. What do the Gangulis do with their home while they are in India?
(a) The sell it, figuring to buy another, nicer home when they return.
(b) Rent it to an unmarried couple, students at the university.
(c) Turn off the utilities and lock the doors.
(d) Pay a company to check on it every so often.

5. What two kinds of names do children in India usually receive?
(a) Family names and nicknames.
(b) Formal names and informal names.
(c) Names to be spoken and names never to be said out loud.
(d) Pet names and good names.