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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Gogol's relationship with Maxine after his father died?
(a) Their relationship grew stronger.
(b) They became bored with each other and separated.
(c) He stepped out of her life after many arguments.
(d) They each began seeing other people.

2. Why does Gogol tell the judge he's changing his name?
(a) He wants a more normal name.
(b) He doesn't like the writer he was named after.
(c) He has always hated his name.
(d) People can't pronounce his name.

3. What did Ashima do upon first meeting Ashoke when he visited her family home in India?
(a) She said she didn't want to meet anyone from America.
(b) She impulsively stepped into the strange American shoes at the door.
(c) She asked him about his travels, especially about America.
(d) She changed into her most beautiful sari before meeting him.

4. Who does Ashima try to contact first after learning of Ashoke's death?
(a) Her family in India.
(b) Sonia.
(c) Maxine.
(d) Gogol.

5. What does Ashoke tell Ashima is the reason he's in the hospital?
(a) He has unexplained leg cramps.
(b) He has a stomach ache, he thinks he ate some bad chicken.
(c) He fell and his coworkers rushed him to the hospital.
(d) He has been coughing a lot and thinks it might be pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ashoke remember when he and Ashima bring Gogol home?

2. Why doesn't Ashoke explain how Gogol came about his name when he gives him the book by Nikoli Gogol?

3. When does the idea to change his name first occur to Gogol?

4. How does Ashima learn that her husband has died?

5. Why does the principal finally end up registering Gogol by his pet name?

(see the answer key)

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