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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Ganguli family friends react to the news of Ashoke's death?
(a) They take turns helping with household chores.
(b) They tell the Ganguli family that they can now return to India.
(c) They are shocked and don't know what to say.
(d) They all respond with visits, calls, and cards.

2. Where do Moushumi and Gogol meet for their first date?
(a) At Ashima's house.
(b) They meet in Central Park.
(c) At a bar that's small, dark, and silent.
(d) At Gogol's apartment in New York City.

3. What does Moushumi do with Dimitri's resume?
(a) She takes it home to show Gogol.
(b) She gives it to a professor with a strong recommendation.
(c) She tears it into a hundred tiny pieces.
(d) She makes a Xerox copy of it.

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

5. 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 well-organized military campaign.
(c) A three-ring circus.
(d) His family's preparations for a trip to Calcutta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Moushumi's friends decide about names?

2. What had Moushumi's family done to find her a husband?

3. How is the Ratliff's house in New Hampshire different from the one in New York City?

4. How does Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Gogol and Mushumi react to one another after all this time?

2. What do Gogol and Moushumi have in common when they first meet?

3. What does Gogol do after graduating from college?

4. What do the Ratliffs do for Gogol in New Hampshire?

5. What do Moushumi and Dimitri do when they meet?

6. What kind of wedding do Gogol and Moushumi have?

7. What does Gogol do when he learns of his father's death?

8. What bothers Gogol when he goes to Paris with Moushumi when she lectures there?

9. After Gogol breaks off his relationship with Maxine, who does his mother introduce him to?

10. What does Moushumi do while married to Gogol and feeling discontented with life?

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