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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 Gogol remember while returning to New York City after his father's death?
(a) How his father used to take him for ice cream.
(b) The day he spent with his father at the beach.
(c) How much he hates train rides.
(d) How much in love his parents were.

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

3. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?
(a) She didn't like the neighbors.
(b) It was smaller than Ashoke had described.
(c) She was delighted with the sunny, spacious rooms.
(d) It was not at all what she had expected.

4. What does Maxine tell Gogol to do while in Ohio that he doesn't do after all?
(a) Take any leftover clothing to Good Will.
(b) Get out of the apartment and check into a hotel.
(c) Pick out some mememtos for himself.
(d) Spend some time remembering good times with his father.

5. Why does Gogol tell the judge he's changing his name?
(a) He doesn't like the writer he was named after.
(b) He wants a more normal name.
(c) He has always hated his name.
(d) People can't pronounce his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gogol/Nakhil feel when people who used to call him Gogol use his new name?

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

3. What happens when Gogol returns to school during his freshman year after meeting Ruth over the weekend?

4. What does Gogol's father give him on his fourteenth birthday?

5. What does Gogol's father say after giving him a special gift for his fourteenth birthday?

(see the answer key)

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