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

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

3. What does Ashoke tell Ashima is the reason he's in the hospital?
(a) He fell and his coworkers rushed him to the hospital.
(b) He has been coughing a lot and thinks it might be pneumonia.
(c) He has unexplained leg cramps.
(d) He has a stomach ache, he thinks he ate some bad chicken.

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

5. What do most of their Indian friends give the couple as wedding presents?
(a) Incense and other reminders of their Indian heritage.
(b) Useful household items.
(c) A wide assortment of upscale gifts.
(d) Gifts of money.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why do Moushumi and Gogol go to Paris after they are married?

4. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?

5. What does the Ganguli family do on the eleventh day after Ashoke's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Gogol do after graduating from college?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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