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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Moushumi and Gogol doing when he kisses her in her apartment?

2. How does Ashima feel about Gogol's living with Maxine?

3. What catches Moushumi's eye as she goes through Alice's desk?

4. What unexpected effect does the wedding have on Gogol and Moushumi?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Gogol when he goes to Paris with Moushumi when she lectures there?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Do Gogol and Mushumi marry immediately after meeting?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the marriage of Ashim and Ashoke Ganguli different from most American marriages? Cite examples to support your answer. Discuss some advantages or disadvantages of each kind of marriage as described in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

How does Gogol's and his father's relationship change throughout the story? Where do they start, and where do they end up? What changes do they experience in that relationship? Trace their relationship throughout the book. Cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses the character of Gogol's sister Sonia as a counterpoint to Gogol's character. Follow the development of her character throughout the book and show how her character differed from Gogol's and what the author accomplished through Sonia's character. Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

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