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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What error in speech does Ashima make when talking with the nurse?
(a) None, English was her best subject in Calcutta.
(b) She slips into her native tongue without realizing it.
(c) She forgets to use the plural when mentioning toes and fingers.
(d) She uses the wrong word for baby.

2. How does Gogol feel after leaving the courthouse with a changed name?
(a) He wonders if he now looks more like an American.
(b) He is concerned that his family will no longer accept him.
(c) He wonders if he did the right thing.
(d) He wants to tell passersby that his name is Nikhil.

3. How do Ashoke and Ashima give in to American customs?
(a) They cease celebrating Indian holidays.
(b) They buy season tickets to sporting events.
(c) They wear American clothes even in their own home.
(d) They let Sonia and Gogol choose American food at the supermarket.

4. What is Ashima making meat croquettes for before selling her house?
(a) A potluck at the library where she works part time.
(b) A party she's throwing that evening.
(c) A luncheon for he neighbor women who have become her friends.
(d) One last dinner with her children.

5. How does Ashima feel about their move to the suburbs?
(a) She dislikes the house her husband insisted they rent.
(b) She is relieved to finally have a decent yard.
(c) She wishes there were more people from India nearby.
(d) She finds it more distressing than moving from Calcutta to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of neighborhood do the Gangulis finally purchase a home?

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

3. What does Gogol do with the book his father gives him for his fourteenth birthday?

4. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?

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

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