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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. Why isn't Ashima alarmed when Ashoke calls her in the evening when he is sick?
(a) They talk every evening by phone so she expects it.
(b) She doesn't expect it to be him, they seldom call each other.
(c) She expects it to be Sonia, they talk often.
(d) She is used to surprises.

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

3. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?
(a) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.
(b) His job doesn't allow for him to come home at all.
(c) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.
(d) Every three weekends he comes home.

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

5. What happened to one of the administrative assistants at NYU?
(a) She had an aneurysm and died.
(b) She was fired.
(c) She was caught pilfering money.
(d) She was turned down for pregnancy leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maxine's parents do for Gogol while in New Hampshire?

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

3. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?

4. What does Dimitri's neighborhood remind Moushumi of?

5. How does Gogol meet Maxine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gogol do after graduating from college?

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

4. Why does Ashima not fight her childrens' desires to live far away?

5. What does Gogol do for Moushumi's Christmas gift?

6. Why does Gogol agree to visit his family when he'd rather go to New Hampshire with Maxine's family?

7. What do Gogol and Moushumi decide to do with the money they receive as wedding presents?

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

9. What does Ashima do by herself with her husband in Ohio?

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

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