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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gogol meet Maxine?
(a) He bumps into her on the sidewalk and they laugh about it.
(b) His parents arrange a meeting because he's old enough to marry.
(c) Coworkers invite him to a party she also attends.
(d) She sees him and is interested and arranges a meeting.

2. Are there many children about Gogol''s age at his second birthday party?
(a) Most of the children are about Gogol's age.
(b) Only one, a girl named Moushumi.
(c) There are a few his age, most are older.
(d) He and Sonia are the only children, the guests are his parents' friends.

3. What are Moushumi and Gogol doing when he kisses her in her apartment?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Talking about shared childhood memories.
(d) Grading papers for Moushumi's classes.

4. What time of day was the train wreck?
(a) At noon, it happened when the depot was most crowded.
(b) In the evening, the engineer was blinded by the setting sun.
(c) In the morning, when animals crossed the tracks looking for water.
(d) At two-thirty in the morning, the middle of the night actually.

5. What does the man who lends Ashoke the book on the train tell him that he should do?
(a) Travel and see the world.
(b) Read widely as that is the same as traveling the world.
(c) Meet the mans' family at the end of the trip.
(d) Be glad he has family that loves him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?

3. What was Ashoke doing the day he almost died?

4. What about the house becomes one of Gogol's earliest memories?

5. How does Gogol go about changing his school documents that were completed using the name Gogol?

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