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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After Gogol gives his reasons for changing his name, how do his parents respond?
(a) They tell him in America anything is possible and to do as he wishes.
(b) They feel even more insulted on behalf of Indians everywhere.
(c) They agree that the name Gogol only causes problems.
(d) They are afraid that Gogol is drifting farther and farther from them.

5. When does the idea to change his name first occur to Gogol?
(a) When Sonia tells him people laugh behind his back.
(b) When school officials can't pronounce his given name.
(c) When reading an issue of Readers Digest.
(d) When relatives in India tell him it's not an Indian name.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Gogol/Nakhil feel when people who used to call him Gogol use his new name?

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

5. What do the Gangulis do with their home while they are in India?

(see the answer key)

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