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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Ratliff's move to New Hampshire every year remind Gogol of?
(a) A well-organized military campaign.
(b) His family's preparations for a trip to Calcutta.
(c) A couple of kids sneaking away for a picnic.
(d) A three-ring circus.

2. What does Gogol sense about Maxine's reaction to the neighborhood where he lives?
(a) That she feels at home in the normal, suburban environment.
(b) That she doesn't like the style of the buildings.
(c) That the landscape is foreign to her.
(d) That she's horrified by the wide-open spaces and yards.

3. What does Ashoke remember when he and Ashima bring Gogol home?
(a) That he'd not wanted children so soon.
(b) The conversation on the train before the train wreck.
(c) How beautiful Ashima had been when they first met.
(d) That he has a meeting and must soon leave for a while.

4. What does Ashima do before Christmas while Ashoke is in Ohio?
(a) She sits in the dark and misses her husband.
(b) She gets to know her neighbors better.
(c) She hires a maid just to have someone around.
(d) She makes her own Christmas cards.

5. How does Gogol receive news of his father's death?
(a) He calls his mother to chat minutes after she received the news.
(b) His sister Sonia calls him at Maxine's home.
(c) Maxine's parents speak with Ashima then tell him.
(d) The police are dispatched because he can't be found.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place does Ashima recall while in labor?

2. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?

3. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?

4. How does Gogol know that his mother is nervous about meeting Maxine?

5. Why doesn't Gogol want to go to school when he begins Kindergarten?

(see the answer key)

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