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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do guests say about Sonia at the rice ceremony?
(a) She'll always live between two cultures.
(b) She doesn't want to know her future.
(c) She is the true American.
(d) She'll be important when she grows up.

2. How does Ashima's family keep in touch with her after Gogol's birth?
(a) They write letters, once as many as three a week.
(b) They call every evening at six, right after dinner.
(c) They exchange long letters about once a month.
(d) They communicate sporadically.

3. What kind of people are Ashima's neighbors in her first home in America?
(a) Other immigrants from India.
(b) A mix of peoples from all over the world.
(c) Families of professors at Harvard.
(d) Out-of-work Americans.

4. How does the breakup between Gogol/Nakhil and Ruth happen?
(a) Gogol's friends tell him Ruth isn't right for him.
(b) They have a huge fight and Gogol walks out on her.
(c) Ruth's parents don't like her seeing an Indian so she ends it.
(d) Ruth takes a class in England and that ends the affair.

5. What does Gogol remember while returning to New York City after his father's death?
(a) The day he spent with his father at the beach.
(b) How much in love his parents were.
(c) How much he hates train rides.
(d) How his father used to take him for ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the principal confused about Gogol's name?

2. How does a book save Ashoke's life?

3. Why can't Ashima get hold of Gogol to tell him of his father's death?

4. What did Ashoke do after the train wreck when he had nightmares at night and couldn't sleep?

5. What happened to Gogol's relationship with Maxine after his father died?

(see the answer key)

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