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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Gogol/Nakhil's parents think about his relationship with Ruth?
(a) They disaprove.
(b) They are happy their son is seeing an American girl.
(c) They are undecided.
(d) They don't know about the relationship.

2. How do the Ganguli family friends react to the news of Ashoke's death?
(a) They take turns helping with household chores.
(b) They are shocked and don't know what to say.
(c) They all respond with visits, calls, and cards.
(d) They tell the Ganguli family that they can now return to India.

3. What two kinds of parties does Gogol have for his fourteenth birthday?
(a) One with family and one with school friends.
(b) One at home and one at a pizza parlor.
(c) One on his actual birthday, another on the weekend when it's convenient.
(d) One with friends from school and one with Indian friends of his family.

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

5. What kind of part-time job does Ashima get in chapter 7?
(a) She works behind the counter at a nearby fast food place.
(b) She works for a home decorator as a consultant.
(c) She works as a translator.
(d) She helps out at the library.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ashima do upon first meeting Ashoke when he visited her family home in India?

3. What do Gogol's parents think of his wanting to change his name?

4. How does Ashima learn about Maxine?

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

(see the answer key)

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