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

2. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?
(a) She leaves them alone for a while.
(b) She shows them how to change his diapers.
(c) She makes sure their wrist bands match.
(d) She tells them that a child is a fragile thing.

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

4. Why does Gogol bring Maxine to his parents home?
(a) Maxine wants to meet Gogol's parents.
(b) Gogol knows his mother won't rest until she meets Maxine.
(c) Because Maxine is curious about how people from India live.
(d) It's on their way to New Hampshire.

5. Why does Ashima insist Gogol come home for a visit?
(a) Because he's drifting farther and farther away from his roots.
(b) Because she hasn't seen him and misses him.
(c) Because Ashoke is leaving for a project in Ohio.
(d) Because she wants him to meet Sonia's new boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people come to Sonia's rice ceremony when she's six months old?

2. What does Ashima tell Ashoke as soon as they bring their baby home?

3. What does the Ratliff's move to New Hampshire every year remind Gogol of?

4. What does a waiter think when he sees Gogol and Moushumi together?

5. What do Maxine's parents do for Gogol while in New Hampshire?

(see the answer key)

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