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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How often does Ashima see Ashoke while he's working in Ohio?
(a) Every three weekends he comes home.
(b) Once a month, it's all the time off he can get.
(c) His job doesn't allow for him to come home at all.
(d) Every weekend, though it is expensive that often.

3. What kind of part-time job does Ashima get in chapter 7?
(a) She works for a home decorator as a consultant.
(b) She works behind the counter at a nearby fast food place.
(c) She helps out at the library.
(d) She works as a translator.

4. How does Ashima learn that her husband has died?
(a) Gogol tells her as gently as he knows how.
(b) The hospital calls and says he has expired.
(c) Sonia learns first and tells her mother.
(d) She calls the hospital and insists on speaking with Ashoke.

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

6. How do Maxine's parents react to Gogol when he meets them?
(a) They are intrigued by him.
(b) They think he looks like a recent immigrant from India.
(c) They don't react any way, he's just another of Maxine's friends.
(d) They are too polite to say so but they dislike him.

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

8. How is the Ratliff's house in New Hampshire different from the one in New York City?
(a) It's the complete opposite, dark, musty and full of primitive furniture.
(b) The windows are always open, unlike in New York City.
(c) It's a typical summer home with no personality at all.
(d) It's not, it's very similar, showing their taste in every piece of furniture.

9. Why do Moushumi and Gogol go to Paris after they are married?
(a) Moushumi loves the city so Gogol suggests a trip there.
(b) Moushumi's father is there, they visit him and his new wife.
(c) Moushumi is asked to lecture there.
(d) It's a long-delayed honeymoon.

10. What do Moushumi and Gogol do during their free time after they are husband and wife?
(a) They take night classes to keep their licenses current.
(b) They visit their families.
(c) They spend time at the beach with their friends.
(d) They shop for items for their apartment.

11. What does Gogol do as soon as he gets the news of his father's death?
(a) He rushes home to comfort his mother.
(b) He tries and fails to get time off from work.
(c) He tells Sonia he can't get away and asks her to take care of things.
(d) He flies to Ohio to take care of things.

12. How has Dimitri changed since Moushumi first met him?
(a) She doesn't see any changes at all.
(b) Some gray has come into his hair and some lines are around his mouth and eyes.
(c) Unlike when they first met, he's attentive.
(d) He's finally achieved the self-confidence he always wanted.

13. Where do Moushumi and Gogol meet for their first date?
(a) At Gogol's apartment in New York City.
(b) They meet in Central Park.
(c) At Ashima's house.
(d) At a bar that's small, dark, and silent.

14. What does Gogol remember while returning to New York City after his father's death?
(a) How much he hates train rides.
(b) How much in love his parents were.
(c) How his father used to take him for ice cream.
(d) The day he spent with his father at the beach.

15. What does the Ratliff's move to New Hampshire every year remind Gogol of?
(a) His family's preparations for a trip to Calcutta.
(b) A couple of kids sneaking away for a picnic.
(c) A well-organized military campaign.
(d) A three-ring circus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens while Moushumi and Gogol make love for the first time?

4. Why doesn't Gogol bring things home from his father's apartment in Ohio for his mother?

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

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