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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 throw a party just for him.
(b) They initiate him into the American ritual of Sunday afternoon football.
(c) They teach him how to play golf and tennis.
(d) They introduce him to an architect who can advance his career.

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

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

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

5. Why doesn't Gogol bring things home from his father's apartment in Ohio for his mother?
(a) He doesn't have time to sort through things.
(b) There's nothing of personal importance in the apartment.
(c) It's not their way.
(d) He doesn't want to make her cry.

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

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

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

9. 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 dog Silas.
(c) Her friends because they are so like Maxine.
(d) Her entire family and their lifestyle.

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

11. 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) Pick out some mememtos for himself.
(d) Take any leftover clothing to Good Will.

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

13. What does Maxine notice about Gogol when he plays with her dog?
(a) That he's afraid of dogs.
(b) That he's intrigued by Silas.
(c) That he's never had a dog.
(d) That he doesn't know how to throw a ball to a dog.

14. How does Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?
(a) She is polite and draws them out in conversation.
(b) She ignores them, talking only to Gogol.
(c) She asks questions that are much too personal.
(d) She insults them by refusing to eat their Indian food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Ganguli family friends react to the news of Ashoke's death?

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

3. What does a waiter think when he sees Gogol and Moushumi together?

4. What was the nickname that Dimitri gave Moushumi?

5. What does Moushumi wear for her wedding?

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