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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Gogol and Moushumi dress for their wedding reception?
(a) They revert to traditional Indian dress.
(b) They wear formal Western clothes.
(c) They dress for warm weather for their honeymoon.
(d) They are comfortable in casual clothes.

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 feels left out of Moushumi's circle of friends.
(c) He misses his work and feels useless.
(d) He doesn't like the French culture.

13. Where had Moushumi been at the time of Ashoke's funeral?
(a) Traveling extensively, something she'd always wanted to do.
(b) At Brown University studying for her Ph.D.
(c) She was on an extended visit to India.
(d) In Paris.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ashima insist Gogol come home for a visit?

2. What does Ashoke tell Ashima is the reason he's in the hospital?

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

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

5. What does Moushumi tell friends her name means?

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