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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gogol bring Maxine to his parents home?
(a) Gogol knows his mother won't rest until she meets Maxine.
(b) Because Maxine is curious about how people from India live.
(c) It's on their way to New Hampshire.
(d) Maxine wants to meet Gogol's parents.

2. What unexpected effect does the wedding have on Gogol and Moushumi?
(a) They feel greater respect for their Indian heritage.
(b) It makes them realize how serious marriage truly is.
(c) They feel effervescent and energized.
(d) They are worn out and just want to rest.

3. Why does Ashima make her own Christmas cards?
(a) It's a project for a club she belongs to.
(b) She figures she'll save money this way.
(c) She likes the idea of putting her own personality into them.
(d) It's an idea she got from the book section of the library.

4. Who or what does Gogol fall in love with when he falls in love with Maxine?
(a) Her dog Silas.
(b) Her friends because they are so like Maxine.
(c) Her taste in houses because he's an architect.
(d) Her entire family and their lifestyle.

5. Why does Ashima insist Gogol come home for a visit?
(a) Because she wants him to meet Sonia's new boyfriend.
(b) Because Ashoke is leaving for a project in Ohio.
(c) Because he's drifting farther and farther away from his roots.
(d) Because she hasn't seen him and misses him.

6. How did Moushumi's engagement end?
(a) An old girlfriend of Graham's showed up and he left with her.
(b) Moushumi's parents didn't approve so she ended it.
(c) She overheard him criticizing her Indian heritage.
(d) She needed her freedom and broke it off.

7. What was the nickname that Dimitri gave Moushumi?
(a) Half Pint
(b) Mouse
(c) Dark Lady
(d) Gorgeous

8. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?
(a) Every three weekends he comes home.
(b) His job doesn't allow for him to come home at all.
(c) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.
(d) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.

9. How does Gogol feel when he and Moushumi return from Paris to America and attend parties?
(a) He feels guilty that Moushumi is left out but he figures it's her turn.
(b) He wishes they were still in Paris; at least people spoke to him there.
(c) He still feels left out because they are Moushumi's friends.
(d) He is relieved to have his wife back.

10. What kind of daily routine do Gogol and Maxine follow at the summer home in New Hampshire?
(a) They go swimming every morning early, before dawn.
(b) The days assume a pattern though there's nothing in particular to do.
(c) They follow the routine set by Maxine's parents.
(d) There is no routine, each day is strikingly different from all others.

11. What do most of their Indian friends give the couple as wedding presents?
(a) Useful household items.
(b) A wide assortment of upscale gifts.
(c) Gifts of money.
(d) Incense and other reminders of their Indian heritage.

12. What happened to Gogol's relationship with Maxine after his father died?
(a) Their relationship grew stronger.
(b) They became bored with each other and separated.
(c) They each began seeing other people.
(d) He stepped out of her life after many arguments.

13. Who wants to introduce Gogol to a girl he used to know as a child?
(a) His mother Ashima.
(b) A neighbor who knew them both as a child.
(c) His coworkers who met her recently at a party.
(d) His sister Sonia.

14. Was Moushumi's fiance comfortable with her Indian heritage?
(a) He seemed to be while he was in India visiting her relatives.
(b) He loved the customs of her people.
(c) He was wary of her heritage from the start and said so.
(d) He wouldn't have anything to do with foreign customs.

15. What does Maxine tell Gogol to do while in Ohio that he doesn't do after all?
(a) Spend some time remembering good times with his father.
(b) Pick out some mememtos for himself.
(c) Get out of the apartment and check into a hotel.
(d) Take any leftover clothing to Good Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Ashima alarmed when Ashoke calls her in the evening when he is sick?

2. What does Gogol sense about Maxine's reaction to the neighborhood where he lives?

3. What does Moushumi tell friends her name means?

4. Where had Moushumi been at the time of Ashoke's funeral?

5. What does Moushumi do with Dimitri's resume?

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