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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Maxine's parents do for Gogol while in New Hampshire?
(a) They teach him how to play golf and tennis.
(b) They throw a party just for him.
(c) They initiate him into the American ritual of Sunday afternoon football.
(d) They introduce him to an architect who can advance his career.

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

3. Why did Moushumi walk out of a hair salon?
(a) A person she disliked was already there having her hair done.
(b) Something about the stylist's expression had felt insulting.
(c) The stylist didn't know how to do the style she wanted.
(d) She'd been told immigrants weren't welcome.

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

5. How does Gogol feel about Maxine's actions the day after they meet?
(a) He is curious because he's never met someone so shy.
(b) He wishes she'd leave him alone.
(c) He is flattered by the boldness of her actions.
(d) He is taken aback by her boldness.

6. What are Moushumi and Gogol doing when he kisses her in her apartment?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Talking about shared childhood memories.
(d) Grading papers for Moushumi's classes.

7. What does Moushumi tell friends her name means?
(a) A damp, southwesterly breeze.
(b) A jewel of great price.
(c) A dark-haired beauty.
(d) A woman of mystery and night.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What had Moushumi's family done to find her a husband?
(a) Nothing, they figured she would find someone eventually.
(b) Asked their friends for names of suitable young men.
(c) Sought the help of a marriage broker.
(d) Brought young Bengali men home to visit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact delights Moushumi as she begins her eighth semester at NYU?

2. Why doesn't Gogol bring things home from his father's apartment in Ohio for his mother?

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

4. How does Gogol receive news of his father's death?

5. How does Gogol feel when he and Moushumi return from Paris to America and attend parties?

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