1. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents?
(a) He isn't happy, he's secretly afraid.
(b) He's glad because Sonia irritates him with her questions.
(c) Because he thinks no one will know they are related to him.
(d) Because he enjoys being on his own.

2. What are Moushumi and Gogol doing when he kisses her in her apartment?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Talking about shared childhood memories.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Grading papers for Moushumi's classes.

3. How does conversation at a party attended by Gogol and Moushumi at the home of a friend come around to the subject of names?
(a) They discover Gogol legally changed his name.
(b) A couple is about to have a baby and is thinking about names.
(c) Moushumi offers that she kept her maiden name when she married.
(d) They ask about Gogol and Moushumi's names.

4. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?
(a) They dab themselves with mud and ashes for mourning.
(b) They invite friends to mark the end of the mourning period.
(c) They return to India with Ashoke's ashes.
(d) They ask them if there is anything of Ashoke's that they can use.

5. Why doesn't Ashoke explain how Gogol came about his name when he gives him the book by Nikoli Gogol?
(a) He doesn't like the person his son has become.
(b) He doesn't want Gogol to know about the terrible train wreck Ashoke was in.
(c) He feels Gogol should figure it out on his own.
(d) He sees that Gogol is interested in other things.