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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?
(a) Is she as lonely as he is?
(b) Was the date the disaster each expected?
(c) Should they make their parents happy and see each other again?
(d) How soon can he see her again?

2. How does Ashima learn that her husband has died?
(a) The hospital calls and says he has expired.
(b) Gogol tells her as gently as he knows how.
(c) Sonia learns first and tells her mother.
(d) She calls the hospital and insists on speaking with Ashoke.

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

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

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

6. How does Gogol meet Maxine?
(a) She sees him and is interested and arranges a meeting.
(b) His parents arrange a meeting because he's old enough to marry.
(c) Coworkers invite him to a party she also attends.
(d) He bumps into her on the sidewalk and they laugh about it.

7. What does Ashima do before Christmas while Ashoke is in Ohio?
(a) She gets to know her neighbors better.
(b) She hires a maid just to have someone around.
(c) She sits in the dark and misses her husband.
(d) She makes her own Christmas cards.

8. Why isn't Ashima alarmed when Ashoke calls her in the evening when he is sick?
(a) She doesn't expect it to be him, they seldom call each other.
(b) She is used to surprises.
(c) She expects it to be Sonia, they talk often.
(d) They talk every evening by phone so she expects it.

9. What does Maxine tell Gogol he should do while at his mother's house for the religious ceremony?
(a) She tells him he should get away and go to New Hampshire.
(b) She tells him that she now sees they are too different to be together permanently.
(c) She tells him his family needs him and he should stay there for a while.
(d) She tells him that she will try to fit in with his culture.

10. How does Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?
(a) She insults them by refusing to eat their Indian food.
(b) She is polite and draws them out in conversation.
(c) She asks questions that are much too personal.
(d) She ignores them, talking only to Gogol.

11. What do Moushumi and Gogol talk about on their first date?
(a) Times growing up that they were together.
(b) How much they both hated their family's traditions.
(c) Mutual friends.
(d) Their careers and their educations.

12. What about New York City interests Gogol's parents?
(a) Friends and places to buy Indian groceries and saris.
(b) The cultural life of the city.
(c) Nothing, they avoided going there.
(d) The fact that it isn't as crowded as Calcutta.

13. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?
(a) They always lived in America.
(b) In India and America.
(c) They traveled the world during her childhood.
(d) In England and America.

14. Why do Moushumi and Gogol go to Paris after they are married?
(a) It's a long-delayed honeymoon.
(b) Moushumi is asked to lecture there.
(c) Moushumi's father is there, they visit him and his new wife.
(d) Moushumi loves the city so Gogol suggests a trip there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maxine's parents do for Gogol while in New Hampshire?

2. Who does Ashima try to contact first after learning of Ashoke's death?

3. What does Maxine tell Gogol to do while in Ohio that he doesn't do after all?

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

5. Why is it important to Moushumi to know that she is still capable of living on her own?

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