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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. Why can't Ashima get hold of Gogol to tell him of his father's death?
(a) Gogol is out of town and no one knows where he is.
(b) Maxine doesn't like Gogol talking to his family, so he doesn't.
(c) Gogol doesn't return his mother's phone calls.
(d) The phone lines are down.

2. Why isn't Ashima alarmed when Ashoke calls her in the evening when he is sick?
(a) She doesn't expect it to be him, they seldom call each other.
(b) They talk every evening by phone so she expects it.
(c) She is used to surprises.
(d) She expects it to be Sonia, they talk often.

3. Why does Gogol bring Maxine to his parents home?
(a) Gogol knows his mother won't rest until she meets Maxine.
(b) Maxine wants to meet Gogol's parents.
(c) It's on their way to New Hampshire.
(d) Because Maxine is curious about how people from India live.

4. How does Ashima feel about Gogol having a girlfriend?
(a) She is quietly concerned and hopeful.
(b) She hopes he can find happiness as great as hers was.
(c) She sees it as fate that eventually he will marry and leave her.
(d) She hopes he doesn't find a girlfriend because then he won't come home.

5. What book does Moushumi look for that was inscribed for her by Dimitri?
(a) The Red and the Black.
(b) Gone With the Wind.
(c) A volume of love poems.
(d) Shakespeare's poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Ratliff's house in New Hampshire different from the one in New York City?

2. Why does Ashima insist Gogol come home for a visit?

3. What does Gogol get Moushumi as a Christmas gift?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gogol do after graduating from college?

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

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

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

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

7. Do Gogol and Mushumi marry immediately after meeting?

8. What does Ashima do by herself with her husband in Ohio?

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

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

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