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

2. What do Maxine's parents do for Gogol while in New Hampshire?
(a) They initiate him into the American ritual of Sunday afternoon football.
(b) They teach him how to play golf and tennis.
(c) They introduce him to an architect who can advance his career.
(d) They throw a party just for him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?

2. Why does Ashima insist Gogol come home for a visit?

3. What does Ashoke tell Ashima is the reason he's in the hospital?

4. How does Ashima feel about Gogol having a girlfriend?

5. What happened to one of the administrative assistants at NYU?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to change a friendly evening into an intimate encounter between Mushumi and Gogol?

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

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

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

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

6. Do Gogol and Mushumi marry immediately after meeting?

7. Why doesn't Gogol know immediately of his father's death?

8. How does Gogol finally learn about his father's death?

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

10. What call does Ashima get while working on the Christmas cards?

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