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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one complication about Gogol/Nikhil's new name?
(a) He forgets and signs his old name every so often.
(b) He can't remember to respond to his new name.
(c) He doesn't feel like a Nikhil.
(d) He only wishes he'd done it years earlier.

2. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?
(a) Is she as lonely as he is?
(b) Was the date the disaster each expected?
(c) How soon can he see her again?
(d) Should they make their parents happy and see each other again?

3. What does Gogol do as soon as he gets the news of his father's death?
(a) He tells Sonia he can't get away and asks her to take care of things.
(b) He rushes home to comfort his mother.
(c) He flies to Ohio to take care of things.
(d) He tries and fails to get time off from work.

4. What do the Gangulis do with their home while they are in India?
(a) Pay a company to check on it every so often.
(b) The sell it, figuring to buy another, nicer home when they return.
(c) Turn off the utilities and lock the doors.
(d) Rent it to an unmarried couple, students at the university.

5. What happens while Moushumi and Gogol make love for the first time?
(a) The phone rings and it's Gogol's mother.
(b) The neighbor's cat comes in through the window.
(c) Dinner burns and they must order something in.
(d) The door is open and a neighbor comes in to visit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Gogol's parents explain his lack of an alternative identity to friends in India?

3. How does Ashima learn that her husband has died?

4. What happens when Gogol returns to school during his freshman year after meeting Ruth over the weekend?

5. In what type of neighborhood do the Gangulis finally purchase a home?

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