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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ashima try to contact first after learning of Ashoke's death?
(a) Gogol.
(b) Maxine.
(c) Her family in India.
(d) Sonia.

2. What does Ashima try to make for a midnight snack?
(a) Ice cream
(b) A concoction sold for pennies in Calcutta
(c) Rice Krispies bars
(d) Pickles, because she's pregnant

3. What does Ashima tell Ashoke as soon as they bring their baby home?
(a) She tells him they are starting on a new journey in life.
(b) She rebukes him for not having done the dishes.
(c) She says she can't do this.
(d) She says nothing; she is tired and needs her sleep.

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

5. How Gogol/Nikhil feel about his new name once a few weeks have passed?
(a) He doesn't give it a second thought.
(b) He wishes he'd never done it.
(c) He feels like a new and different person.
(d) He's confused and doesn't know why.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol do as soon as he gets the news of his father's death?

2. How is the Ratliff's house in New Hampshire different from the one in New York City?

3. After the train wreck, what did Ashoke do which he believes saved his life?

4. Was Moushumi's fiance comfortable with her Indian heritage?

5. How does Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?

(see the answer key)

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