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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?
(a) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.
(b) Every three weekends he comes home.
(c) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.
(d) His job doesn't allow for him to come home at all.

2. Why does Gogol tell the judge he's changing his name?
(a) He wants a more normal name.
(b) People can't pronounce his name.
(c) He doesn't like the writer he was named after.
(d) He has always hated his name.

3. How many people come to Sonia's rice ceremony when she's six months old?
(a) Practically none because they have few Indian neighbors.
(b) So many that the Gangulis rent a building on campus.
(c) The whole neighborhood, including their American friends.
(d) Just a handful but they are good friends of the family.

4. Who does Gogol meet on a train coming home from school during his freshman year in college?
(a) A woman who moves because she doesn't like immigrants.
(b) A stranger who reminds him of his father.
(c) A friend from childhood whom he barely remembers.
(d) A fellow student from school, a girl he recognizes.

5. What does Gogol remember while returning to New York City after his father's death?
(a) How his father used to take him for ice cream.
(b) The day he spent with his father at the beach.
(c) How much in love his parents were.
(d) How much he hates train rides.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ashima feel about their move to the suburbs?

2. Why does Ashima make her own Christmas cards?

3. Who else visits the baby Gogol in the hospital?

4. What appearance does the Ganguli home present to a casual observer?

5. What does the school counselor say about Gogol missing so much school?

(see the answer key)

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