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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. What happens while Moushumi and Gogol make love for the first time?
(a) Dinner burns and they must order something in.
(b) The phone rings and it's Gogol's mother.
(c) The door is open and a neighbor comes in to visit.
(d) The neighbor's cat comes in through the window.

2. Why is it important to Moushumi to know that she is still capable of living on her own?
(a) Because she's not completely comfortable in her marriage.
(b) Because being dependent makes her feel claustrophobic.
(c) Because her mother still does not know how to drive.
(d) Because she wants to be like other American women.

3. What does Gogol ask Moushumi at the end of their first date?
(a) Is she as lonely as he is?
(b) Was the date the disaster each expected?
(c) Should they make their parents happy and see each other again?
(d) How soon can he see her again?

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

5. What does Gogol remember in the days after his first date with Moushumi?
(a) How she'd finished his sentences for him.
(b) The way her hair blows in the wind.
(c) Things about her as a child that he'd forgotten.
(d) That he doesn't want to marry someone with a similar background to his.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Maxine's parents react to Gogol when he meets them?

2. How do the Ganguli family friends react to the news of Ashoke's death?

3. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?

4. What was the nickname that Dimitri gave Moushumi?

5. How does Gogol meet Maxine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Gogol do after graduating from college?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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