WorksheetsThe Namesake 1-3
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The novel starts in
a)
1940s
b)
1960s
c)
1980s
d)
2001
2.
Where does Ashoke attend school?
a)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
b)
Harvard
c)
Yale
d)
Seattle State University
3.
What is the setting for the story?
a)
Calcutta
b)
Seattle
c)
Boston
d)
Punjab
4.
Why does Ashoke have a limp?
a)
Birth defect
b)
Car accident
c)
Childhood illness
d)
Train accident
5.
What does Ashima's father do for a living?
a)
Doctor
b)
Engineer
c)
Writer
d)
Illustrator
6.
Why does Ashoke travel to see his grandfather?
a)
his grandfather is bed-ridden
b)
his grandmother has died
c)
his grandfather is blind
d)
he must help out on the farm
7.
Ashoke meets a man named Ghosh. What does Ghosh say that Ashoke should do?
a)
Go to America
b)
Travel to other parts of India
c)
Become an engineer
d)
Get married
8.
What possessions does Ashoke value most?
a)
books
b)
his wife's jewelry
c)
his shoes
d)
his rare coins
9.
formal engagement to be married
a)
Sari
b)
Betrothal
c)
Batik
d)
Murishidabad
10.
Why does Ashima feel alienated in the hospital before giving birth to Gogol?
a)
Because the nurse isolates her from the other patients
b)
Because Ashoke refuses to come
c)
Because she thinks she is the only Bengali there
d)
Because there are no other patients on her floor
11.
Who lives above the Gangulis in their apartment in Cambridge?
a)
Their parents
b)
Moshumi's parents
c)
The Montgomerys
d)
Mrs. Lahiri
12.
Who is supposed to name the baby?
a)
Ashoke
b)
Ashima
c)
Her grandmother
d)
His grandmother
13.
What is the baby's name?
a)
Ghosh
b)
Gogol
c)
Ashoke, Jr.
d)
Nikolai
14.
Why is the baby's name significant to Ashoke?
a)
It marks the first miracle of their lives.
b)
It marks the beginning of their American traditions.
c)
It marks the birth of the first great-grandchild.
d)
It marks the first and second miracles in Ashoke's life.
15.
What does Ashoke do for work?
a)
He is a doctor.
b)
He is a professor at a university.
c)
He is a postman.
d)
He is an author of novels.
16.
Who calls to inform Ashima of her father's death?
a)
Her Mother
b)
Rana
c)
Ashoke's father
d)
Her grandmother
17.
What ceremony do Gogol and Sonia partake in at the age of six months?
a)
Baptism
b)
Marriage Arrangement
c)
The rice ceremony
d)
A bris
18.
What does Ashima accidentally forget on the train?
a)
Presents for their family in India
b)
The stroller
c)
New clothes for Gogol
d)
A book
19.
The item(s) is/are returned to Ashima.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
How does this experience affect Ashima?
a)
It proves that Americans can't be trusted.
b)
It makes her miss her home even more.
c)
It gives her a positive image of America.
d)
It devastates her, and she returns to India alone.
21.
How old is Gogol when Ashima becomes pregnant with Sonia?
a)
Eleven
b)
He is an infant
c)
Five
d)
Eight
22.
Who decides that Gogol will not be called Nikhil in kindergarten?
a)
Ashoke
b)
Ashima
c)
Mrs. Lapidus, the Principal
d)
The librarian
23.
How does this experience challenge Ashima and Ashoke's traditional Indian values (Culture)?
a)
Children do not make adult decisions.
b)
The teacher should not be intruding in family affairs.
c)
It makes them doubt their culture.
d)
It drives a wedge between Ashima and Ashoke.
24.
[Gogol] is a sturdily built child, with full cheeks but already pensive features. When he poses for the camera he has to be coaxed into a smile.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of pensive in the above passage.
Use context clues to determine the meaning of pensive in the above passage.
a)
serious
b)
silly
c)
happy
d)
funny
25.
Choose the answer that identifies the central idea of the following passage.
Ashoke and Ashima are amazed, when moving by U-Haul to the new house, to discover how much they possess; each of them had come to America with a single suitcase, a few weeks' worth of clothes. Now there are enough old issues of the Globe stacked in the corners of the apartment to wrap all their plates and glasses
Ashoke and Ashima are amazed, when moving by U-Haul to the new house, to discover how much they possess; each of them had come to America with a single suitcase, a few weeks' worth of clothes. Now there are enough old issues of the Globe stacked in the corners of the apartment to wrap all their plates and glasses
a)
Ashima and Ashoke are amazed.
b)
Ashima and Ashoke have a lot of stuff.
c)
Ashima and Ashoke have built a life in America.
d)
Ashima and Ashoke are wealthy now.
26.
Write the evidence from the passage that best supports your answer and explain why you chose it.
a)
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b)
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