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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gogol bring Maxine to his parents home?
(a) Maxine wants to meet Gogol's parents.
(b) Gogol knows his mother won't rest until she meets Maxine.
(c) It's on their way to New Hampshire.
(d) Because Maxine is curious about how people from India live.

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

3. How does Ashima react to Gogol's time in pre-school?
(a) She is despondent, unused to being alone all over again.
(b) She wishes she could learn alongside him.
(c) She finds herself at long last with time for herself.
(d) She is concerned that he will forget his Indian heritage.

4. How do Gogol and Moushumi dress for their wedding reception?
(a) They revert to traditional Indian dress.
(b) They dress for warm weather for their honeymoon.
(c) They are comfortable in casual clothes.
(d) They wear formal Western clothes.

5. What does the Ratliff's move to New Hampshire every year remind Gogol of?
(a) A couple of kids sneaking away for a picnic.
(b) A three-ring circus.
(c) A well-organized military campaign.
(d) His family's preparations for a trip to Calcutta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?

2. What do Maxine's parents do for Gogol while in New Hampshire?

3. How does Ashima learn about Maxine?

4. What do Moushumi's friends decide about names?

5. How does Gogol feel when he and Moushumi return from Paris to America and attend parties?

(see the answer key)

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