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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appearance does the Ganguli home present to a casual observer?
(a) Their home is clearly the home of immigrants.
(b) Their home is typical of people who don't know how to decorate an American house.
(c) Their home appears no different from their neighbors.
(d) Their home is painted an unusual color for the neighborhood.

2. Why doesn't Gogol bring things home from his father's apartment in Ohio for his mother?
(a) There's nothing of personal importance in the apartment.
(b) He doesn't have time to sort through things.
(c) It's not their way.
(d) He doesn't want to make her cry.

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

4. What does Gogol remember in the days after his first date with Moushumi?
(a) That he doesn't want to marry someone with a similar background to his.
(b) Things about her as a child that he'd forgotten.
(c) How she'd finished his sentences for him.
(d) The way her hair blows in the wind.

5. What happens when the Ganguli family enters the Dum Dum Airport?
(a) They can't find their luggage.
(b) They are swallowed by hugs and kisses.
(c) They look for a taxi to carry them to their destination.
(d) They are detained by security.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Gogol gives his reasons for changing his name, how do his parents respond?

2. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?

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

4. How is the Ratliff's house in New Hampshire different from the one in New York City?

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

(see the answer key)

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