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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/Nakhil feel when people who used to call him Gogol use his new name?
(a) He wishes they'd still call him Gogol, he's used to it.
(b) He wonders how they can keep his names straight.
(c) He is pleased that they understand how important it is to him.
(d) He finds it startling.

2. What two kinds of names do children in India usually receive?
(a) Pet names and good names.
(b) Family names and nicknames.
(c) Names to be spoken and names never to be said out loud.
(d) Formal names and informal names.

3. Why does the principal finally end up registering Gogol by his pet name?
(a) He doesn't want to be called by any other name.
(b) She feels Gogol is closer to an American name than Nikhil.
(c) She says the name on his birth certificate is his proper name.
(d) She doesn't understand Indian culture.

4. How do Gogol and his friends celebrate his fourteenth birthday party?
(a) They got to a baseball game and have pizza afterwards.
(b) They go to a pizza parlor where they play video games.
(c) They go swimming at a nearby pool.
(d) They have pizzas and watched a baseball game on TV.

5. What is the one complication about Gogol/Nikhil's new name?
(a) He doesn't feel like a Nikhil.
(b) He only wishes he'd done it years earlier.
(c) He can't remember to respond to his new name.
(d) He forgets and signs his old name every so often.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Ganguli family do in the beginning of their life in their new home, in the evenings?

2. What do guests say about Sonia at the rice ceremony?

3. Why is the principal confused about Gogol's name?

4. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it was supposed to get before leaving the hospital?

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

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