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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ashima feel about their move to the suburbs?
(a) She dislikes the house her husband insisted they rent.
(b) She finds it more distressing than moving from Calcutta to America.
(c) She is relieved to finally have a decent yard.
(d) She wishes there were more people from India nearby.

2. Why do Moushumi and Gogol go to Paris after they are married?
(a) Moushumi's father is there, they visit him and his new wife.
(b) Moushumi loves the city so Gogol suggests a trip there.
(c) It's a long-delayed honeymoon.
(d) Moushumi is asked to lecture there.

3. How do Maxine's parents react to Gogol when he meets them?
(a) They think he looks like a recent immigrant from India.
(b) They are intrigued by him.
(c) They don't react any way, he's just another of Maxine's friends.
(d) They are too polite to say so but they dislike him.

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

5. How do Ashoke and Ashima give in to American customs?
(a) They let Sonia and Gogol choose American food at the supermarket.
(b) They buy season tickets to sporting events.
(c) They cease celebrating Indian holidays.
(d) They wear American clothes even in their own home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Ratliff's move to New Hampshire every year remind Gogol of?

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

3. What is Ashima's second pregnancy like?

4. How does Ashima learn about Maxine?

5. How does conversation at a party attended by Gogol and Moushumi at the home of a friend come around to the subject of names?

(see the answer key)

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