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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gogol meet on a train coming home from school during his freshman year in college?
(a) A stranger who reminds him of his father.
(b) A friend from childhood whom he barely remembers.
(c) A woman who moves because she doesn't like immigrants.
(d) A fellow student from school, a girl he recognizes.

2. In what type of neighborhood do the Gangulis finally purchase a home?
(a) In the country, where there are no neighbors to look down on them.
(b) In an historic area where they will be steeped in tradition.
(c) An ordinary area where plastic wading pools are left out on the lawns.
(d) Where Ashoke can get to work quickly.

3. What place does Ashima recall while in labor?
(a) Her childhood home in India.
(b) The apartment she shares with her husband.
(c) The lake she once visited as a child.
(d) No place, she's totally involved in her present situation.

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

5. Who will name Ashoke and Ashima's baby?
(a) Ashima's grandmother.
(b) They have asked Ashoke's relatives in India to come up with a suitable name.
(c) Ashoke, because Indian fathers always name their children.
(d) They will ask an American because they want an American name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gogol go about changing his school documents that were completed using the name Gogol?

2. What about the house becomes one of Gogol's earliest memories?

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

4. What does Ashima do immediately after she gives birth to Gogol?

5. What is Ashima's second pregnancy like?

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