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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gogol feel after leaving the courthouse with a changed name?
(a) He is concerned that his family will no longer accept him.
(b) He wonders if he now looks more like an American.
(c) He wonders if he did the right thing.
(d) He wants to tell passersby that his name is Nikhil.

2. What kind of part-time job does Ashima get in chapter 7?
(a) She works for a home decorator as a consultant.
(b) She works behind the counter at a nearby fast food place.
(c) She works as a translator.
(d) She helps out at the library.

3. What does Gogol decide to do a few weeks after moving away from his family and starting college?
(a) Nothing, he finally accepts his name as a part of him.
(b) He goes a little wild and ends up drunk.
(c) He moves back home because he's homesick and he commutes.
(d) He decides to change his name legally.

4. Who does Ashima try to contact first after learning of Ashoke's death?
(a) Sonia.
(b) Her family in India.
(c) Maxine.
(d) Gogol.

5. What two kinds of parties does Gogol have for his fourteenth birthday?
(a) One with family and one with school friends.
(b) One at home and one at a pizza parlor.
(c) One with friends from school and one with Indian friends of his family.
(d) One on his actual birthday, another on the weekend when it's convenient.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Ashoke explain how Gogol came about his name when he gives him the book by Nikoli Gogol?

4. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with her after Gogol's birth?

5. Who else visits the baby Gogol in the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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