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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Ratliff's move to New Hampshire every year remind Gogol of?
(a) A three-ring circus.
(b) His family's preparations for a trip to Calcutta.
(c) A well-organized military campaign.
(d) A couple of kids sneaking away for a picnic.

2. What does Moushumi do with Dimitri's resume?
(a) She tears it into a hundred tiny pieces.
(b) She gives it to a professor with a strong recommendation.
(c) She makes a Xerox copy of it.
(d) She takes it home to show Gogol.

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

4. What fact delights Moushumi as she begins her eighth semester at NYU?
(a) She's at the top of her class.
(b) She will never again in her life take a class.
(c) She prefers her classmates over everyone else she'd ever met.
(d) She's welcomed back by everyone she meets.

5. Why can't Ashima get hold of Gogol to tell him of his father's death?
(a) The phone lines are down.
(b) Maxine doesn't like Gogol talking to his family, so he doesn't.
(c) Gogol doesn't return his mother's phone calls.
(d) Gogol is out of town and no one knows where he is.

6. What does Maxine notice about Gogol when he plays with her dog?
(a) That he's intrigued by Silas.
(b) That he's never had a dog.
(c) That he doesn't know how to throw a ball to a dog.
(d) That he's afraid of dogs.

7. 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) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.
(d) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.

8. What does Gogol sense about Maxine's reaction to the neighborhood where he lives?
(a) That the landscape is foreign to her.
(b) That she's horrified by the wide-open spaces and yards.
(c) That she doesn't like the style of the buildings.
(d) That she feels at home in the normal, suburban environment.

9. What does Ashoke tell Ashima is the reason he's in the hospital?
(a) He has unexplained leg cramps.
(b) He fell and his coworkers rushed him to the hospital.
(c) He has been coughing a lot and thinks it might be pneumonia.
(d) He has a stomach ache, he thinks he ate some bad chicken.

10. What do Moushumi's friends decide about names?
(a) No matter what the name, it eventually seems to suit.
(b) They will wait until the child is born and then decide.
(c) They wish their culture had as beautiful names as Indian ones.
(d) There is no perfect name.

11. What does a waiter think when he sees Gogol and Moushumi together?
(a) That they seem unhappy.
(b) That they must be in love.
(c) That they must share a similar heritage.
(d) That they are brother and sister.

12. Why is it important to Moushumi to know that she is still capable of living on her own?
(a) Because she wants to be like other American women.
(b) Because her mother still does not know how to drive.
(c) Because she's not completely comfortable in her marriage.
(d) Because being dependent makes her feel claustrophobic.

13. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?
(a) They ask them if there is anything of Ashoke's that they can use.
(b) They invite friends to mark the end of the mourning period.
(c) They return to India with Ashoke's ashes.
(d) They dab themselves with mud and ashes for mourning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Moushumi become engaged before meeting Gogol?

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

3. What does Gogol do after window shopping with Moushumi?

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

5. How does Gogol meet Maxine?

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