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

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

3. When does the idea to change his name first occur to Gogol?
(a) When relatives in India tell him it's not an Indian name.
(b) When reading an issue of Readers Digest.
(c) When school officials can't pronounce his given name.
(d) When Sonia tells him people laugh behind his back.

4. Who does Gogol meet on a train coming home from school during his freshman year in college?
(a) A stranger who reminds him of his father.
(b) A friend from childhood whom he barely remembers.
(c) A fellow student from school, a girl he recognizes.
(d) A woman who moves because she doesn't like immigrants.

5. How do the Ganguli family friends react to the news of Ashoke's death?
(a) They all respond with visits, calls, and cards.
(b) They are shocked and don't know what to say.
(c) They take turns helping with household chores.
(d) They tell the Ganguli family that they can now return to India.