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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do guests say about Sonia at the rice ceremony?
(a) She'll always live between two cultures.
(b) She doesn't want to know her future.
(c) She is the true American.
(d) She'll be important when she grows up.

2. What do Gogol's parents think of his wanting to change his name?
(a) They see it as an insult to his heritage and his family.
(b) They can't imagine why he'd want to do such a thing.
(c) They think it's too complicated and he's too old.
(d) They think it might improve his chances for a good job.

3. What does the Ratliff's move to New Hampshire every year remind Gogol of?
(a) A well-organized military campaign.
(b) A three-ring circus.
(c) His family's preparations for a trip to Calcutta.
(d) A couple of kids sneaking away for a picnic.

4. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?
(a) She was delighted with the sunny, spacious rooms.
(b) It was not at all what she had expected.
(c) It was smaller than Ashoke had described.
(d) She didn't like the neighbors.

5. What does Maxine notice about Gogol when he plays with her dog?
(a) That he's never had a dog.
(b) That he's intrigued by Silas.
(c) That he doesn't know how to throw a ball to a dog.
(d) That he's afraid of dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Gogol bring things home from his father's apartment in Ohio for his mother?

2. Who will name Ashoke and Ashima's baby?

3. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?

4. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?

5. What two kinds of parties does Gogol have for his fourteenth birthday?

(see the answer key)

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