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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day was the train wreck?
(a) In the evening, the engineer was blinded by the setting sun.
(b) At noon, it happened when the depot was most crowded.
(c) At two-thirty in the morning, the middle of the night actually.
(d) In the morning, when animals crossed the tracks looking for water.

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

3. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?
(a) He's too confused to think about names and chooses the first one that comes to mind.
(b) A name his child should be proud to carry.
(c) A pet name.
(d) A name that will look good on an American letterhead.

4. What did Gogol do at his birthday party with friends that he'd never done before?
(a) He got presents from friends, something his parents had not allowed before.
(b) He said no to a frosted cake and ice cream.
(c) He finally had a frosted cake and ice cream.
(d) He had a boy-girl party with dancing.

5. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?
(a) His job doesn't allow for him to come home at all.
(b) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.
(c) Every three weekends he comes home.
(d) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?

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

3. What do Moushumi and Gogol talk about on their first date?

4. What kind of daily routine do Gogol and Maxine follow at the summer home in New Hampshire?

5. What does Gogol remember in the days after his first date with Moushumi?

(see the answer key)

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