Quote ID
"Remember that you and I made this journey, that we went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go"
Ashoke (to Gogol)
At the beginning of the chapter, Ashima is addressing Thanksgiving cards
False (they are Christmas cards)
Who are Ashima's first friends in America?
The fellow librarian women
Who dies this chapter?
Ashoke
"You're working too hard. You're not a student anymore, you know"
Ashima (to Ashoke)
Gogol and Maxine decide to go to New Hampshire to escape the sad atmosphere back at home
False (Gogol does not want to escape it)
What thought comforts Gogol when he goes to his father's apartment?
That someone mistook him for his father
What does Ashima do for the first time in America?
Get a job
"You guys can't stay with your mother forever... you know that"
Maxine (to Gogol)
The death this chapter does not have much of an effect on Maxine
True
Why does Ashima say that Ashoke went to Cleveland?
To teach her how to live alone
What does Maxine do for Gogol for the first time?
Wait to greet him at the train station
"It's not such a big deal... everyone should live on their own"
Gogol/Sonia (to Ashima)
Gogol does not keep many of his father's things after cleaning out his apartment
True
When was the first time that Ashima wrote Ashoke's name?
In her first address book
Where does Ashima store the names of all the Bengalis that she and Ashoke know?
In address books (3)
"Don't bring anything back... it's not our way"
Ashima (to Gogol)
At the end of the chapter, Ashoke and Gogol take a photo of the harbor that Gogol brings back with him to New York in the present day
False (they did not have the camera to take any photos)
What is the Bengali tradition for sons after a parent's death?
Shaving his head
What is Sonia in school for?
Law