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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of their Indian friends give the couple as wedding presents?
(a) A wide assortment of upscale gifts.
(b) Incense and other reminders of their Indian heritage.
(c) Useful household items.
(d) Gifts of money.

2. What about the house becomes one of Gogol's earliest memories?
(a) The sound of the kids next door playing baseball.
(b) The movement of the sun's rays across his bedroom floor.
(c) Playing in the dirt because there is no yard yet.
(d) His parents discussing how to furnish their new home.

3. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?
(a) Gogol asks his father to bring him.
(b) Ashima gets sick riding in a car so Ashoke must take him.
(c) Ashima is overcome by tears and can't bring him herself.
(d) It's a tradition in India for a father to do this.

4. What does Moushumi tell friends her name means?
(a) A jewel of great price.
(b) A woman of mystery and night.
(c) A dark-haired beauty.
(d) A damp, southwesterly breeze.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Moushumi's friends decide about names?

2. What kind of daily routine do Gogol and Maxine follow at the summer home in New Hampshire?

3. Why does Ashima insist Gogol come home for a visit?

4. What happens to Ashoke and Ashima within a decade of moving to America?

5. How does Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?

(see the answer key)

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