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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the plane, why is Gogol happy to sit apart from his parents?
(a) Because he thinks no one will know they are related to him.
(b) He isn't happy, he's secretly afraid.
(c) He's glad because Sonia irritates him with her questions.
(d) Because he enjoys being on his own.

2. What does the judge ask Gogol when he goes to court to change his name?
(a) Whether his family agrees.
(b) What is the reason for wishing to change his name.
(c) What problems his name has caused him.
(d) Whether he is a felon hiding from the law.

3. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?
(a) She shows them how to change his diapers.
(b) She leaves them alone for a while.
(c) She tells them that a child is a fragile thing.
(d) She makes sure their wrist bands match.

4. What makes Ashima's first outing with Gogol take longer than expected?
(a) The pram is old and she's afraid it will break down.
(b) She is still tired and can't walk as quickly as expected.
(c) Gogol cries and she must stop to calm him down.
(d) Friendly Americans interested in her baby.

5. Where does Gogol first begin to introduce himself to people as Nikhil?
(a) His first day of school in New Haven.
(b) At the park where a little boy asks his name.
(c) At the bank where he gets a school loan.
(d) As soon as he gets home he introduces his new self to his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ashima react to Gogol's time in pre-school?

2. Why doesn't the Ganguli baby get the name it was supposed to get before leaving the hospital?

3. How does Gogol feel after leaving the courthouse with a changed name?

4. Who does Gogol meet on a train coming home from school during his freshman year in college?

5. What does the Ganguli family do in the beginning of their life in their new home, in the evenings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Ganguli family plans changed while preparing for a visit to India when Gogol is a year old?

2. What happens when Gogol wants to see his girlfriend, Ruth, over the Christmas holidays?

3. Who befriends Ashima at the hospital and how?

4. When Gogol is six, what event changes in the Ganguli family?

5. At college after changing his name, how does Gogol react to being called by his new name?

6. How do Ashima and Ashoke feel about Ruth when they learn of their son's girlfriend?

7. What does Ashima think of the name Gogol that is chosen by her husband for their baby?

8. Why doesn't Ashima's grandmother name their grandchild as Ashima and Ashoke requested?

9. How does Gogol react to the gifts he receives at his fourteenth birthday party?

10. What does Gogol do during the traditional rice ceremony when he is six months old?

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