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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents?
(a) Because he enjoys being on his own.
(b) He's glad because Sonia irritates him with her questions.
(c) Because he thinks no one will know they are related to him.
(d) He isn't happy, he's secretly afraid.

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

3. What does Gogol do as soon as he gets the news of his father's death?
(a) He tries and fails to get time off from work.
(b) He flies to Ohio to take care of things.
(c) He tells Sonia he can't get away and asks her to take care of things.
(d) He rushes home to comfort his mother.

4. What concerns Ashima about Sonia as she grows up?
(a) She has no real concerns, she's pleased with her daughter.
(b) She hates the clothes she wears.
(c) She fears she'll color a streak in her hair.
(d) She fears she'll forget her Indian heritage.

5. How does the breakup between Gogol/Nakhil and Ruth happen?
(a) Ruth's parents don't like her seeing an Indian so she ends it.
(b) Gogol's friends tell him Ruth isn't right for him.
(c) They have a huge fight and Gogol walks out on her.
(d) Ruth takes a class in England and that ends the affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol do with the book his father gives him for his fourteenth birthday?

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

3. What does the judge ask Gogol when he goes to court to change his name?

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

5. What do the Gangulis do with their home while they are in India?

(see the answer key)

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