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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Maxine tell Gogol to do while in Ohio that he doesn't do after all?
(a) Get out of the apartment and check into a hotel.
(b) Spend some time remembering good times with his father.
(c) Take any leftover clothing to Good Will.
(d) Pick out some mememtos for himself.

3. What does Gogol do after window shopping with Moushumi?
(a) He drops her off at her apartment then goes home.
(b) He buys a hat for her that she'd admired.
(c) He goes to a bar and has a quick drink.
(d) He rushes home because he has work that's waiting.

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

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

6. How does Gogol feel when he and Moushumi return from Paris to America and attend parties?
(a) He still feels left out because they are Moushumi's friends.
(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 is relieved to have his wife back.

7. How do the Ganguli children help their mother after their father's death?
(a) They work out a schedule and each takes turns helping her.
(b) Sonia isn't able to help but Gogol helps a lot.
(c) Gogol hates returning home, but Sonia makes up for his lack.
(d) Sonia moves in with her while Gogol visits often.

8. What does Gogol remember in the days after his first date with Moushumi?
(a) Things about her as a child that he'd forgotten.
(b) How she'd finished his sentences for him.
(c) The way her hair blows in the wind.
(d) That he doesn't want to marry someone with a similar background to his.

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

10. 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 expects it to be Sonia, they talk often.
(c) She is used to surprises.
(d) They talk every evening by phone so she expects it.

11. 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.

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

13. What book does Moushumi look for that was inscribed for her by Dimitri?
(a) The Red and the Black.
(b) Gone With the Wind.
(c) A volume of love poems.
(d) Shakespeare's poems.

14. How does Ashima feel about Gogol's living with Maxine?
(a) She's glad because soon Gogol and Maxine will marry.
(b) She doesn't like it but knows she must accept it.
(c) She refuses to admit he's living with a woman he's not married to.
(d) She constantly tells him he must not live with her.

15. What was the nickname that Dimitri gave Moushumi?
(a) Gorgeous
(b) Half Pint
(c) Mouse
(d) Dark Lady

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Moushumi and Dimitri first meet for lunch?

2. Why can't Ashima get hold of Gogol to tell him of his father's death?

3. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?

4. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?

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

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