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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of daily routine do Gogol and Maxine follow at the summer home in New Hampshire?
(a) They follow the routine set by Maxine's parents.
(b) They go swimming every morning early, before dawn.
(c) The days assume a pattern though there's nothing in particular to do.
(d) There is no routine, each day is strikingly different from all others.

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

3. How do Maxine's parents react to Gogol when he meets them?
(a) They think he looks like a recent immigrant from India.
(b) They are intrigued by him.
(c) They are too polite to say so but they dislike him.
(d) They don't react any way, he's just another of Maxine's friends.

4. What does Gogol remember while returning to New York City after his father's death?
(a) How his father used to take him for ice cream.
(b) How much he hates train rides.
(c) How much in love his parents were.
(d) The day he spent with his father at the beach.

5. What kind of part-time job does Ashima get in chapter 7?
(a) She works for a home decorator as a consultant.
(b) She works as a translator.
(c) She works behind the counter at a nearby fast food place.
(d) She helps out at the library.

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

7. How does Gogol meet Maxine?
(a) Coworkers invite him to a party she also attends.
(b) She sees him and is interested and arranges a meeting.
(c) His parents arrange a meeting because he's old enough to marry.
(d) He bumps into her on the sidewalk and they laugh about it.

8. What does Gogol sense about Maxine's reaction to the neighborhood where he lives?
(a) That the landscape is foreign to her.
(b) That she's horrified by the wide-open spaces and yards.
(c) That she doesn't like the style of the buildings.
(d) That she feels at home in the normal, suburban environment.

9. What do Moushumi and Gogol talk about on their first date?
(a) Their careers and their educations.
(b) Times growing up that they were together.
(c) How much they both hated their family's traditions.
(d) Mutual friends.

10. How does Gogol know that his mother is nervous about meeting Maxine?
(a) She's wearing makeup and a good sari.
(b) She can't remember Maxine's name.
(c) She mumbles, something she only does when she's nervous.
(d) She burns lunch.

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

12. How does Gogol feel about his frequent visits to Maxine's home?
(a) He feels like he's effortlessly incorporated into their lives.
(b) He feels like they are only pretending to like him.
(c) He is uncomfortable with their overly friendly attitude towards him.
(d) He feels like he doesn't belong and never will.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maxine tell Gogol he should do while at his mother's house for the religious ceremony?

3. What does Moushumi do with Dimitri's resume?

4. How has Dimitri changed since Moushumi first met him?

5. What unexpected effect does the wedding have on Gogol and Moushumi?

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