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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appearance does the Ganguli home present to a casual observer?
(a) Their home is typical of people who don't know how to decorate an American house.
(b) Their home is painted an unusual color for the neighborhood.
(c) Their home is clearly the home of immigrants.
(d) Their home appears no different from their neighbors.

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

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

4. Why doesn't Gogol enjoy the trip to Paris with Moushumi as much as he expected?
(a) He feels left out of Moushumi's circle of friends.
(b) He misses his work and feels useless.
(c) He worries about his mother alone and a widow.
(d) He doesn't like the French culture.

5. What kind of gifts does Gogol get at his second birthday party?
(a) Baseballs, footballs and soccer balls.
(b) Trading cards for his collection.
(c) Mementos of India.
(d) Dictionaries, calculators, sweaters, and pens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol get Moushumi as a Christmas gift?

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

3. Who wants to introduce Gogol to a girl he used to know as a child?

4. What does the nurse do when Ashoke and Ashima are first together with their child?

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

(see the answer key)

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