CBSE Class VIII English Solutions

Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian American author. Her first short story collection, 'Interpreter of Maladies' (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She is known for writting about the experiences and problems faced by Indian immigrants. 

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Which sentence in para1 shows that, in Gogol's mind, a new name is a new person, different from him?

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"He is afraid to be Nikhil, someone he doesn't know and who doesn't know him." shows us that in Gogol's mind a new name is a new person.

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Gogol's parent try to remove the boy's fears by

  1. teaching him something
  2. making a promise

What do they teach and promise him?

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What shows that the principal at first thinks the boy is just nervous and tries to win his confidence?

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How does Ashoke try to show the principal that Gogol is bilingual? What does he, in doing that,reveal to the principal?

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When does Gogol begin to speak to the principal- after his father has left or before? What do you think that shows?

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