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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 think when his parents tell him they are going to India for eight months?
(a) That they are doing it only to acquaint him and Sonia with India.
(b) That they think he's become too American.
(c) That they are joking.
(d) That they are homesick.

2. Why does Ashima make her own Christmas cards?
(a) It's an idea she got from the book section of the library.
(b) She figures she'll save money this way.
(c) She likes the idea of putting her own personality into them.
(d) It's a project for a club she belongs to.

3. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?
(a) His job doesn't allow for him to come home at all.
(b) Every three weekends he comes home.
(c) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.
(d) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.

4. How many people come to Sonia's rice ceremony when she's six months old?
(a) Just a handful but they are good friends of the family.
(b) The whole neighborhood, including their American friends.
(c) Practically none because they have few Indian neighbors.
(d) So many that the Gangulis rent a building on campus.

5. What does Ashima do immediately after she gives birth to Gogol?
(a) She begins to shiver profoundly.
(b) She gives thanks for a healthy child.
(c) She asks the nurse to give her child to her immediately.
(d) She cries from the pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How Gogol/Nikhil feel about his new name once a few weeks have passed?

2. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?

3. Who does Gogol meet on a train coming home from school during his freshman year in college?

4. What does Maxine tell Gogol he should do while at his mother's house for the religious ceremony?

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

(see the answer key)

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