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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Moushumi and Gogol talk about on their first date?
(a) Their careers and their educations.
(b) Times growing up that they were together.
(c) Mutual friends.
(d) How much they both hated their family's traditions.

2. What does Ashoke do while pacing in the mens' waiting room at the hospital?
(a) He drags his fingers through his hair.
(b) He reads the Globe.
(c) He tries to calm down the other expectant fathers.
(d) He carries flowers he has bought for Ashima.

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

4. How do the Ganguli children help their mother after their father's death?
(a) Sonia isn't able to help but Gogol helps a lot.
(b) They work out a schedule and each takes turns helping her.
(c) Sonia moves in with her while Gogol visits often.
(d) Gogol hates returning home, but Sonia makes up for his lack.

5. How does Gogol/Nakhil feel when people who used to call him Gogol use his new name?
(a) He finds it startling.
(b) He is pleased that they understand how important it is to him.
(c) He wonders how they can keep his names straight.
(d) He wishes they'd still call him Gogol, he's used to it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What unexpected effect does the wedding have on Gogol and Moushumi?

3. What does the school counselor say about Gogol missing so much school?

4. In India, is it necessary to come up with a name for a child immediately after birth?

5. What kind of name does Ashoke consider Gogol to be when he chooses it for his son?

(see the answer key)

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