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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 did Moushumi walk out of a hair salon?
(a) Something about the stylist's expression had felt insulting.
(b) The stylist didn't know how to do the style she wanted.
(c) She'd been told immigrants weren't welcome.
(d) A person she disliked was already there having her hair done.

2. Why do Moushumi and Gogol go to Paris after they are married?
(a) Moushumi loves the city so Gogol suggests a trip there.
(b) Moushumi's father is there, they visit him and his new wife.
(c) It's a long-delayed honeymoon.
(d) Moushumi is asked to lecture there.

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

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

5. Who wants to introduce Gogol to a girl he used to know as a child?
(a) His mother Ashima.
(b) A neighbor who knew them both as a child.
(c) His sister Sonia.
(d) His coworkers who met her recently at a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?

2. Why doesn't Gogol enjoy the trip to Paris with Moushumi as much as he expected?

3. What kind of daily routine do Gogol and Maxine follow at the summer home in New Hampshire?

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

5. What fact delights Moushumi as she begins her eighth semester at NYU?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens the day after Gogol meets a girl named Maxine?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Gogol plan to present Moushumi with the tickets?

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

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

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

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