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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Ashima's initial reaction to her first home in America?
(a) It was smaller than Ashoke had described.
(b) It was not at all what she had expected.
(c) She was delighted with the sunny, spacious rooms.
(d) She didn't like the neighbors.

2. What does Ashima do with most of the gifts Gogol gets at his second birthday party?
(a) She returns those that are duplicates for gift certificates.
(b) The stores them in their original boxes for future use.
(c) She sets them aside for regifting.
(d) She finds places for them in Gogol's crowded room.

3. How many people come to Sonia's rice ceremony when she's six months old?
(a) Just a handful but they are good friends of the family.
(b) The whole neighborhood, including their American friends.
(c) Practically none because they have few Indian neighbors.
(d) So many that the Gangulis rent a building on campus.

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

5. What terrifies Ashima about having a child?
(a) Raising it in a place so far from home.
(b) Caring for a child with an absent husband.
(c) The difficulty of getting her figure back afterwards.
(d) The pain of childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol think when his parents tell him they are going to India for eight months?

2. How does Gogol feel about his frequent visits to Maxine's home?

3. What changes about the planned visit to India when Gogol is about a year old?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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