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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gogol do after window shopping with Moushumi?
(a) He rushes home because he has work that's waiting.
(b) He buys a hat for her that she'd admired.
(c) He drops her off at her apartment then goes home.
(d) He goes to a bar and has a quick drink.

2. What does a waiter think when he sees Gogol and Moushumi together?
(a) That they must share a similar heritage.
(b) That they must be in love.
(c) That they seem unhappy.
(d) That they are brother and sister.

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

4. What happens while Moushumi and Gogol make love for the first time?
(a) The neighbor's cat comes in through the window.
(b) Dinner burns and they must order something in.
(c) The phone rings and it's Gogol's mother.
(d) The door is open and a neighbor comes in to visit.

5. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?
(a) How soon can he see her again?
(b) Is she as lonely as he is?
(c) Was the date the disaster each expected?
(d) Should they make their parents happy and see each other again?

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ashima learn that her husband has died?

2. Who or what does Gogol fall in love with when he falls in love with Maxine?

3. Why does Gogol bring Maxine to his parents home?

4. What is Ashima's second pregnancy like?

5. How does Ashima feel about their move to the suburbs?

(see the answer key)

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