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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?
(a) A pet name.
(b) He's too confused to think about names and chooses the first one that comes to mind.
(c) A name his child should be proud to carry.
(d) A name that will look good on an American letterhead.

2. What do guests say about Sonia at the rice ceremony?
(a) She'll be important when she grows up.
(b) She doesn't want to know her future.
(c) She'll always live between two cultures.
(d) She is the true American.

3. 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 finds places for them in Gogol's crowded room.
(c) The stores them in their original boxes for future use.
(d) She sets them aside for regifting.

4. As Ashoke waits while Ashima gives birth, who does he thank for his survival and this miracle of new life about to begin?
(a) The man who lent him the book that saved his life.
(b) God, he is a very religious man.
(c) Gogol, the Russian writer who saved his life in the train wreck.
(d) All the people of his family who came before him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Ganguli family do in the beginning of their life in their new home, in the evenings?

2. What does Gogol's father give him on his fourteenth birthday?

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

4. How do Gogol's parents explain his lack of an alternative identity to friends in India?

5. What does the man who lends Ashoke the book on the train tell him that he should do?

(see the answer key)

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