1. Why does Ashima insist Gogol come home for a visit?
(a) Because she hasn't seen him and misses him.
(b) Because he's drifting farther and farther away from his roots.
(c) Because she wants him to meet Sonia's new boyfriend.
(d) Because Ashoke is leaving for a project in Ohio.

2. Why does Gogol's father take him to his first day of kindergarten?
(a) Ashima is overcome by tears and can't bring him herself.
(b) It's a tradition in India for a father to do this.
(c) Gogol asks his father to bring him.
(d) Ashima gets sick riding in a car so Ashoke must take him.

3. In what type of neighborhood do the Gangulis finally purchase a home?
(a) In the country, where there are no neighbors to look down on them.
(b) Where Ashoke can get to work quickly.
(c) In an historic area where they will be steeped in tradition.
(d) An ordinary area where plastic wading pools are left out on the lawns.

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

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