The Namesake

The novel starts in 

• 1940s
• 1960s
• 1980s
• 2001

Where does Ashoke attend school?

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Harvard
• Yale
• Seattle State University

What is the setting for the story?

• Calcutta
• Seattle
• Boston
• Punjab

Why does Ashoke have a limp?

• Birth defect
• Car accident
• Childhood illness
• Train accident

What does Ashima's father do for a living?

• Doctor
• Engineer
• Writer
• Illustrator

Why does Ashoke travel to see his grandfather?

• his grandfather is bed-ridden
• his grandmother has died
• his grandfather is blind
• he must help out on the farm

Ashoke meets a man named Ghosh. What does Ghosh say that Ashoke should do?

• Go to America
• Travel to other parts of India
• Become an engineer
• Get married

What possessions does Ashoke value most?

• books
• his wife's jewelry
• his shoes
• his rare coins

 Why does Ashima feel alienated in the hospital before giving birth to Gogol?

• Because the nurse isolates her from the other patients
• Because Ashoke refuses to come
• Because she thinks she is the only Bengali there
• Because there are no other patients on her floor

Who is supposed to name the baby?

• Ashoke
• Ashima
• Her grandmother
• His grandmother