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

2. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?
(a) They ask them if there is anything of Ashoke's that they can use.
(b) They dab themselves with mud and ashes for mourning.
(c) They invite friends to mark the end of the mourning period.
(d) They return to India with Ashoke's ashes.

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

4. Was Moushumi's fiance comfortable with her Indian heritage?
(a) He seemed to be while he was in India visiting her relatives.
(b) He wouldn't have anything to do with foreign customs.
(c) He was wary of her heritage from the start and said so.
(d) He loved the customs of her people.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Gogol's relationship with Maxine after his father died?

4. How does Gogol feel about Maxine's actions the day after they meet?

5. How does Gogol feel when he and Moushumi return from Paris to America and attend parties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moushumi reveal about her past that she finds humiliating?

2. Do Gogol and Mushumi marry immediately after meeting?

3. What happens when Gogol takes Maxine to meet his family?

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

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

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

7. When bothers Gogol after he and Moushumi return to New York after a trip to Paris?

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

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

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

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