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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the judge ask Gogol when he goes to court to change his name?
(a) Whether his family agrees.
(b) Whether he is a felon hiding from the law.
(c) What is the reason for wishing to change his name.
(d) What problems his name has caused him.

2. How does Gogol receive news of his father's death?
(a) Maxine's parents speak with Ashima then tell him.
(b) His sister Sonia calls him at Maxine's home.
(c) The police are dispatched because he can't be found.
(d) He calls his mother to chat minutes after she received the news.

3. How do Gogol and his friends celebrate his fourteenth birthday party?
(a) They go swimming at a nearby pool.
(b) They got to a baseball game and have pizza afterwards.
(c) They have pizzas and watched a baseball game on TV.
(d) They go to a pizza parlor where they play video games.

4. What happens when Gogol returns to school during his freshman year after meeting Ruth over the weekend?
(a) Gogol and Ruth have an argument.
(b) Gogol and Ruth start seeing each other.
(c) Some of Gogol's friends set him up with a girl they know.
(d) Gogol feels suffocated at school and asks to come home.

5. What kind of gifts does Gogol get at his second birthday party?
(a) Mementos of India.
(b) Baseballs, footballs and soccer balls.
(c) Dictionaries, calculators, sweaters, and pens.
(d) Trading cards for his collection.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ashima react to Gogol's time in pre-school?

2. What does Maxine tell Gogol to do while in Ohio that he doesn't do after all?

3. How does Gogol feel after leaving the courthouse with a changed name?

4. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents?

5. Why doesn't Gogol want to go to school when he begins Kindergarten?

(see the answer key)

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