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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ashoke's career advance in Chapter 3?
(a) He is promoted over an American teacher.
(b) He is hired as assistant professor of electrical engineering.
(c) He is asked to join a government research project.
(d) He is offered a post in California and accepts.

2. What concerns Ashima about Sonia as she grows up?
(a) She fears she'll color a streak in her hair.
(b) She hates the clothes she wears.
(c) She fears she'll forget her Indian heritage.
(d) She has no real concerns, she's pleased with her daughter.

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

4. How do Gogol and his friends celebrate his fourteenth birthday party?
(a) They got to a baseball game and have pizza afterwards.
(b) They have pizzas and watched a baseball game on TV.
(c) They go swimming at a nearby pool.
(d) They go to a pizza parlor where they play video games.

5. What did Ashima do upon first meeting Ashoke when he visited her family home in India?
(a) She changed into her most beautiful sari before meeting him.
(b) She asked him about his travels, especially about America.
(c) She impulsively stepped into the strange American shoes at the door.
(d) She said she didn't want to meet anyone from America.

6. What does Gogol think when his parents tell him they are going to India for eight months?
(a) That they are homesick.
(b) That they are doing it only to acquaint him and Sonia with India.
(c) That they are joking.
(d) That they think he's become too American.

7. Are there many children about Gogol''s age at his second birthday party?
(a) He and Sonia are the only children, the guests are his parents' friends.
(b) Only one, a girl named Moushumi.
(c) Most of the children are about Gogol's age.
(d) There are a few his age, most are older.

8. What happens when the Ganguli family enters the Dum Dum Airport?
(a) They are swallowed by hugs and kisses.
(b) They can't find their luggage.
(c) They are detained by security.
(d) They look for a taxi to carry them to their destination.

9. What does Gogol give his mother as a gift when his baby sister is born?
(a) A blanket for the baby.
(b) A bracelet he made at school.
(c) A pretty bow for her hair that his father helped him pick out at the store.
(d) A picture of his family that he drew.

10. What difference does Ashima notice in her days before and after Gogol's birth?
(a) Now friends stop by at all hours to see Gogol.
(b) Now she can't seem to organize her days.
(c) Now she isn't the center of attention when Ashoke is home.
(d) Now she has something to occupy her time.

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

12. What bad news does Ashima receive from her family in India soon after Gogol's birth?
(a) Her grandmother has had a stroke.
(b) Her father has lost his job.
(c) Their home was flooded and suffered extensive damage.
(d) Her little brother's wedding has been called off.

13. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with her after Gogol's birth?
(a) They exchange long letters about once a month.
(b) They write letters, once as many as three a week.
(c) They communicate sporadically.
(d) They call every evening at six, right after dinner.

14. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth?
(a) Yes, because a name is extrememely important in India.
(b) Only if the child is in poor health and may not live long.
(c) No, because Indians believe names can wait.
(d) Yes, because announcements cannot be sent out until the child has a name.

15. What memory of the train wreck still haunts Ashima, even after his marriage and starting a new life in America?
(a) The twisted, battered, capsized bogies of the train.
(b) The terrible silence after that first, wrenching crash.
(c) The cries of the people trapped inside.
(d) The still sky above such a terrible scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?

2. Why does Gogol tell the judge he's changing his name?

3. How does the breakup between Gogol/Nakhil and Ruth happen?

4. When does the idea to change his name first occur to Gogol?

5. What appearance does the Ganguli home present to a casual observer?

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