The Namesake Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Namesake Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else visits the baby Gogol in the hospital?
(a) A couple the Gangulis met and a professor friend of Ashoke.
(b) No one, they don't know anyone in America yet.
(c) Ashoke's fellow students from college.
(d) Neighbors of the Gangulis.

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

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) Indian babies are never named so early in life.
(c) There was a mixup on the birth certificate.
(d) Ashoke and Ashima couldn't agree on a name.

4. What does Ashoke remember when he and Ashima bring Gogol home?
(a) That he'd not wanted children so soon.
(b) The conversation on the train before the train wreck.
(c) How beautiful Ashima had been when they first met.
(d) That he has a meeting and must soon leave for a while.

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

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

7. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?
(a) The pram is old and she's afraid it will break down.
(b) She is still tired and can't walk as quickly as expected.
(c) Friendly Americans interested in her baby.
(d) Gogol cries and she must stop to calm him down.

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

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

10. What does Gogol's father say after giving him a special gift for his fourteenth birthday?
(a) Nothing because he sees Gogol has ignored similar gifts.
(b) He hopes Gogol doesn't forget his Indian heritage.
(c) He hopes Gogol likes it because it was rather expensive.
(d) He hopes Gogol uses it wisely.

11. What kind of home does Gogol live in as an infant?
(a) An apartment in the slums, surrounded by noisy neighbors.
(b) A two-story Georgian home the Ganguli family purchased.
(c) A fully furnished apartment near Harvard and MIT.
(d) A sunny, comfortable home shared by three immigrant families.

12. How does Gogol feel after leaving the courthouse with a changed name?
(a) He wants to tell passersby that his name is Nikhil.
(b) He wonders if he did the right thing.
(c) He wonders if he now looks more like an American.
(d) He is concerned that his family will no longer accept him.

13. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?
(a) She was delighted with the sunny, spacious rooms.
(b) It was not at all what she had expected.
(c) She didn't like the neighbors.
(d) It was smaller than Ashoke had described.

14. Why does the principal finally end up registering Gogol by his pet name?
(a) She feels Gogol is closer to an American name than Nikhil.
(b) She doesn't understand Indian culture.
(c) She says the name on his birth certificate is his proper name.
(d) He doesn't want to be called by any other name.

15. How does Ashima feel about their move to the suburbs?
(a) She finds it more distressing than moving from Calcutta to America.
(b) She wishes there were more people from India nearby.
(c) She is relieved to finally have a decent yard.
(d) She dislikes the house her husband insisted they rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Gogol gives his reasons for changing his name, how do his parents respond?

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

3. In what type of neighborhood do the Gangulis finally purchase a home?

4. What's the first thing that causes Ashima and Ashoke to suspect she's pregnant?

5. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?

(see the answer keys)

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