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

2. What is Ashima's second pregnancy like?
(a) She is in serious danger of having a miscarriage.
(b) She is sick but doesn't let that slow her down.
(c) She is constantly sick and smells bother her a lot.
(d) She has no problems such as when she had Gogol.

3. How does Ashima learn about Maxine?
(a) She corners Gogol and forces him to tell her.
(b) Gogol tells her he's going on vacation to Maxine's New Hampshire home.
(c) Ashima asks Gogol's friends.
(d) Maxine invites her to a party.

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

5. How does Gogol meet Maxine?
(a) He bumps into her on the sidewalk and they laugh about it.
(b) She sees him and is interested and arranges a meeting.
(c) His parents arrange a meeting because he's old enough to marry.
(d) Coworkers invite him to a party she also attends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?

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

3. As a young boy, how does Gogol feel about his name?

4. What do Maxine's parents do for Gogol while in New Hampshire?

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

(see the answer key)

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