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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Gogol do as soon as he gets the news of his father's death?
(a) He rushes home to comfort his mother.
(b) He tries and fails to get time off from work.
(c) He tells Sonia he can't get away and asks her to take care of things.
(d) He flies to Ohio to take care of things.

6. How does Ashima feel about Gogol having a girlfriend?
(a) She sees it as fate that eventually he will marry and leave her.
(b) She is quietly concerned and hopeful.
(c) She hopes he can find happiness as great as hers was.
(d) She hopes he doesn't find a girlfriend because then he won't come home.

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

8. How does Ashima learn about Maxine?
(a) Gogol tells her he's going on vacation to Maxine's New Hampshire home.
(b) She corners Gogol and forces him to tell her.
(c) Ashima asks Gogol's friends.
(d) Maxine invites her to a party.

9. Where do Moushumi and Dimitri first meet for lunch?
(a) His apartment.
(b) A cafe near the train station because they are both in a hurry.
(c) A park where they share bag lunches.
(d) A cafe they both remember fondly.

10. 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.

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

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

13. How does conversation at a party attended by Gogol and Moushumi at the home of a friend come around to the subject of names?
(a) A couple is about to have a baby and is thinking about names.
(b) They ask about Gogol and Moushumi's names.
(c) Moushumi offers that she kept her maiden name when she married.
(d) They discover Gogol legally changed his name.

14. What happens while Moushumi and Gogol make love for the first time?
(a) The door is open and a neighbor comes in to visit.
(b) Dinner burns and they must order something in.
(c) The phone rings and it's Gogol's mother.
(d) The neighbor's cat comes in through the window.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Moushumi and Gogol meet for their first date?

3. What book does Moushumi look for that was inscribed for her by Dimitri?

4. What does Gogol remember while returning to New York City after his father's death?

5. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?

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