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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it was supposed to get before leaving the hospital?
(a) Ashoke and Ashima couldn't agree on a name.
(b) There was a mixup on the birth certificate.
(c) The grandmother's letter never arrived.
(d) Indian babies are never named so early in life.

2. What does Ashima do before Christmas while Ashoke is in Ohio?
(a) She sits in the dark and misses her husband.
(b) She makes her own Christmas cards.
(c) She hires a maid just to have someone around.
(d) She gets to know her neighbors better.

3. How Gogol/Nikhil feel about his new name once a few weeks have passed?
(a) He doesn't give it a second thought.
(b) He feels like a new and different person.
(c) He's confused and doesn't know why.
(d) He wishes he'd never done it.

4. How does Ashima react to Gogol's time in pre-school?
(a) She is concerned that he will forget his Indian heritage.
(b) She wishes she could learn alongside him.
(c) She finds herself at long last with time for herself.
(d) She is despondent, unused to being alone all over again.

5. What does Ashima do with most of the gifts Gogol gets at his second birthday party?
(a) She returns those that are duplicates for gift certificates.
(b) She sets them aside for regifting.
(c) She finds places for them in Gogol's crowded room.
(d) The stores them in their original boxes for future use.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?

2. What does Ashoke remember when he and Ashima bring Gogol home?

3. What does Gogol hate about explaining his name to people?

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

5. How does Gogol go about changing his school documents that were completed using the name Gogol?

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