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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Relationships Culture 1 Ashima Culture 2 Gogol 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 50 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 QUESTION: This is the issue Ashima and Ashoke had when Gogol was enrolled in school for the first time ANSWER: Mrs. Lapidus would not honor their wishes to call him Nikhil QUESTION: This is what “ABCD” means ANSWER: American Born Confused Deshi QUESTION: This is why the term “ABCD” applies to Gogol ANSWER: Because he is an American living with Indian cultural expectations QUESTION: This is why it is significant that Mrs. Lapidus does not adhere to the Ganguli’s wishes ANSWER: Because she is disregarding the parents’ wishes only because she doesn’t understand the cultural differences QUESTION: This is what happens during a Bengali rice ceremony ANSWER: Friends and family gather, the baby eats their first bites of real food, and the baby is presented with three trays: one with a dollar bill, one with dirt, and one with a pen and the baby is meant to select one in order to choose their future path QUESTION: This is how Ashima assimilates when she first comes to America ANSWER: She doesn’t QUESTION: This is Ashima’s response to being told by her mother to prepare to meet her third suitor in as many months ANSWER: She obeys QUESTION: This is what Ashima asks Gogol to do as a favor to her about a year after his father dies ANSWER: Call Moushumi QUESTION: This is how Ashima begins to assimilate after Ashoke moves to Cleveland ANSWER: She gets a job at the library and makes American friends QUESTION: This is how Ashima’s decisions at the end of the novel show her character’s development ANSWER: Her decision to sell the house and travel between India and America prove her ability to assimilate to any culture and her willingness to accept both American and Bengali culture as a part of her life QUESTION: This is how Sonia’s birth differs from Gogol’s ANSWER: Ashima and Ashoke are pr