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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Gogol give his mother as a gift when his baby sister is born?
(a) A bracelet he made at school.
(b) A picture of his family that he drew.
(c) A pretty bow for her hair that his father helped him pick out at the store.
(d) A blanket for the baby.
2. How does a book save Ashoke's life?
(a) The book is like a warning and he avoids disaster.
(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) It doesn't have anything to do with his survival.
3. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it was supposed to get before leaving the hospital?
(a) The grandmother's letter never arrived.
(b) Ashoke and Ashima couldn't agree on a name.
(c) Indian babies are never named so early in life.
(d) There was a mixup on the birth certificate.
4. Why is the principal confused about Gogol's name?
(a) The birth certificate and Gogol's father state different names for him.
(b) She can't figure out how to pronounce the unfamiliar name.
(c) She doesn't understand about Indian pet names.
(d) She can't understand Ashoke's Indian accent.
5. What did Ashoke do after the train wreck when he had nightmares at night and couldn't sleep?
(a) He drank until he could sleep again.
(b) He went looking for people to be with.
(c) He paced and talked himself into a calm state.
(d) He read books about other countries.
Short Answer Questions
1. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth?
2. What was Ashoke doing the day he almost died?
3. What does Ashima tell Ashoke as soon as they bring their baby home?
4. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?
5. What does Ashoke do while pacing in the mens' waiting room at the hospital?
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