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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 conversation at a party attended by Gogol and Moushumi at the home of a friend come around to the subject of names?
(a) A couple is about to have a baby and is thinking about names.
(b) They discover Gogol legally changed his name.
(c) Moushumi offers that she kept her maiden name when she married.
(d) They ask about Gogol and Moushumi's names.

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

3. 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 flies to Ohio to take care of things.
(c) He tells Sonia he can't get away and asks her to take care of things.
(d) He tries and fails to get time off from work.

4. What do Moushumi and Gogol talk about on their first date?
(a) How much they both hated their family's traditions.
(b) Times growing up that they were together.
(c) Mutual friends.
(d) Their careers and their educations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ashima make her own Christmas cards?

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

3. What kind of wedding do Gogol and Moushumi decide on?

4. How does Gogol meet Maxine?

5. How does Ashima feel about Gogol having a girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of wedding do Gogol and Moushumi have?

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

3. Do Gogol and Mushumi marry immediately after meeting?

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

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

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

7. How does Gogol feel about Maxine's family?

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

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

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

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