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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?
(a) They return to India with Ashoke's ashes.
(b) They invite friends to mark the end of the mourning period.
(c) They dab themselves with mud and ashes for mourning.
(d) They ask them if there is anything of Ashoke's that they can use.

2. What do Moushumi and Gogol do during their free time after they are husband and wife?
(a) They take night classes to keep their licenses current.
(b) They spend time at the beach with their friends.
(c) They visit their families.
(d) They shop for items for their apartment.

3. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?
(a) She tells them that a child is a fragile thing.
(b) She shows them how to change his diapers.
(c) She leaves them alone for a while.
(d) She makes sure their wrist bands match.

4. Where had Moushumi been at the time of Ashoke's funeral?
(a) Traveling extensively, something she'd always wanted to do.
(b) At Brown University studying for her Ph.D.
(c) In Paris.
(d) She was on an extended visit to India.

5. How does Ashima feel about Gogol's living with Maxine?
(a) She doesn't like it but knows she must accept it.
(b) She refuses to admit he's living with a woman he's not married to.
(c) She constantly tells him he must not live with her.
(d) She's glad because soon Gogol and Maxine will marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gogol receive news of his father's death?

2. How does Gogol/Nakhil feel when people who used to call him Gogol use his new name?

3. What kind of people are Ashima's neighbors in her first home in America?

4. Why can't Ashima get hold of Gogol to tell him of his father's death?

5. Who does Ashima try to contact first after learning of Ashoke's death?

(see the answer key)

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