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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gogol remember while returning to New York City after his father's death?
(a) How much he hates train rides.
(b) The day he spent with his father at the beach.
(c) How much in love his parents were.
(d) How his father used to take him for ice cream.

3. 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.

4. How has Dimitri changed since Moushumi first met him?
(a) He's finally achieved the self-confidence he always wanted.
(b) Some gray has come into his hair and some lines are around his mouth and eyes.
(c) Unlike when they first met, he's attentive.
(d) She doesn't see any changes at all.

5. 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 dab themselves with mud and ashes for mourning.
(d) They return to India with Ashoke's ashes.

6. 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) Get out of the apartment and check into a hotel.
(c) Take any leftover clothing to Good Will.
(d) Pick out some mememtos for himself.

7. Why doesn't Gogol enjoy the trip to Paris with Moushumi as much as he expected?
(a) He worries about his mother alone and a widow.
(b) He misses his work and feels useless.
(c) He feels left out of Moushumi's circle of friends.
(d) He doesn't like the French culture.

8. What does Gogol get Moushumi as a Christmas gift?
(a) Plane tickets.
(b) An expensive silk scarf she's admired.
(c) A weekend at a spa.
(d) A set of encyclopedias.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What kind of part-time job does Ashima get in chapter 7?
(a) She helps out at the library.
(b) She works as a translator.
(c) She works for a home decorator as a consultant.
(d) She works behind the counter at a nearby fast food place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Gogol's relationship with Maxine after his father died?

2. How does Ashima learn that her husband has died?

3. Why does Gogol bring Maxine to his parents home?

4. What about New York City interests Gogol's parents?

5. How do the Ganguli children help their mother after their father's death?

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