Why do Ashima and Ashoke move to Boston?

There is a large Bengali community there

To escape religious persecution

What is significant about the name "Gogol"?

It is the name of the author that Ashoke was reading when he was in a train wreck

It is the name that Ashima's grandmother picked

It is Ashima's grandfather's name

When the Gangulis decide to name their daughter Sonia, what does it show us?

They are starting to assimilate to American culture

They are giving up their Indian traditions completely.

They have become obsessed with Americans

What revelation did Gogol have when his class took a field trip to the cemetery?

He is not the only one to have a unique name

He would be the only one in all of America to have his name on their gravestone

He would never truly be accepted by his classmates because of his heritage.

What present does Ashoke give Gogol for his 14th birthday?

A pocket knife from his grandfather

Why is Gogol attracted to Ruth & Maxine?

They grew up differently than him

Why did Ruth & Nikhil break up?

Ruth cheated on Gogol while she was studying abroad

Gogol's parents didn't approve of the relationship, so he broke it off

They realized they didn't have anything in common

What eventually makes Nikhil feel guilty for sleeping with Bridget?

He thinks of her husband riding on the train

He sees a picture of her husband in her apartment

He overhears her talking to her husband on the phone

Why do Moushimi & Nikhil travel to Paris after they are married?

Moushimi is asked to guest lecture

For Nikhil to work on an architecture project

How does Gogol react when Ashoke tells him about his train accident?

Upset that he didn't tell him sooner

He thinks Ashoke is making up the story

He has a breakdown and it brings him closer to his father

How does Moushimi reconnect with Demitri?

She picked up the book that he got her and she tracked him down

They were riding the same train

Moushimi begins her affair with Demitri because

she is scared she is losing herself in the marriage

she is really in love with Demitri

she is mad at Gogol for always working

Why does Nikhil get upset with Moushimi at the party?

She tells everyone he changed his name

She won't stop talking about Graham

Nikhil and Moushimi's wedding is

a small ceremony at the courthouse

Gogol's relationship with Maxine ends

after the mourning period for his father

because he realizes how important it is to be in a relationship with a Bengali woman

while they are vacationing in New Hampshire

When do Gogol's parents attempt to change his name?

When they finally receive the letter from Ashima's grandmother

When did Gogol finally find out about the affair?

When Moushimi brings up Demetri's name on the train

When Moushimi tells him she is leaving

When he spots Moushimi and Demetri eating together

When he sees Moushimi packing a bathing suit for a work conference

What does Nikhil find in his childhood bedroom at the end of the story?

The gravestone rubbings from his field trip

A picture of him and his father

Why is Sonia moving out of the house at the end of the book?

Gogol is going to move in to help take care of Ashima.

Ashima is ready to sell the house

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