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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What memory of the train wreck still haunts Ashima, even after his marriage and starting a new life in America?
(a) The still sky above such a terrible scene.
(b) The twisted, battered, capsized bogies of the train.
(c) The cries of the people trapped inside.
(d) The terrible silence after that first, wrenching crash.

3. What happens when Gogol returns to school during his freshman year after meeting Ruth over the weekend?
(a) Gogol feels suffocated at school and asks to come home.
(b) Some of Gogol's friends set him up with a girl they know.
(c) Gogol and Ruth have an argument.
(d) Gogol and Ruth start seeing each other.

4. Where do Moushumi and Dimitri first meet for lunch?
(a) His apartment.
(b) A park where they share bag lunches.
(c) A cafe near the train station because they are both in a hurry.
(d) A cafe they both remember fondly.

5. What do Gogol's parents think of his wanting to change his name?
(a) They think it's too complicated and he's too old.
(b) They see it as an insult to his heritage and his family.
(c) They can't imagine why he'd want to do such a thing.
(d) They think it might improve his chances for a good job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ashima do before Christmas while Ashoke is in Ohio?

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

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

4. Who does Ashima try to contact first after learning of Ashoke's death?

5. Where do Moushumi and Gogol meet for their first date?

(see the answer key)

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