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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Gogol's parents explain his lack of an alternative identity to friends in India?
(a) They say the law about names in America makes such identities difficult if not impossible.
(b) They say alternative identities are not used in America.
(c) They say they forgot such things after living in America.
(d) They tell people he would only respond to Gogol.

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

3. What does Gogol decide to do a few weeks after moving away from his family and starting college?
(a) He moves back home because he's homesick and he commutes.
(b) Nothing, he finally accepts his name as a part of him.
(c) He goes a little wild and ends up drunk.
(d) He decides to change his name legally.

4. 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.

5. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?
(a) They traveled the world during her childhood.
(b) They always lived in America.
(c) In India and America.
(d) In England and America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?

2. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?

3. What memory of the train wreck still haunts Ashima, even after his marriage and starting a new life in America?

4. What does Gogol sense about Maxine's reaction to the neighborhood where he lives?

5. What does the judge ask Gogol when he goes to court to change his name?

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