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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 Maxine treat Gogol's parents when they visit on their way to New Hampshire?
(a) She insults them by refusing to eat their Indian food.
(b) She asks questions that are much too personal.
(c) She is polite and draws them out in conversation.
(d) She ignores them, talking only to Gogol.
2. How had Moushumi become engaged before meeting Gogol?
(a) They'd realized they couldn't continue on as they were doing and just decided to marry.
(b) Her parents arranged the marriage.
(c) She'd asked her lover to marry her and he'd accepted.
(d) Graham had gotten on his knees and proposed just like in the movies.
3. What about New York City interests Gogol's parents?
(a) The fact that it isn't as crowded as Calcutta.
(b) Nothing, they avoided going there.
(c) The cultural life of the city.
(d) Friends and places to buy Indian groceries and saris.
4. Where did Moushumi live while growing up?
(a) They always lived in America.
(b) In India and America.
(c) In England and America.
(d) They traveled the world during her childhood.
5. What does Moushumi do with Dimitri's resume?
(a) She makes a Xerox copy of it.
(b) She takes it home to show Gogol.
(c) She tears it into a hundred tiny pieces.
(d) She gives it to a professor with a strong recommendation.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Gogol receive news of his father's death?
2. What embarrasses Gogol about the meal his mother has prepared for his and Maxine's visit?
3. What happened to Gogol's relationship with Maxine after his father died?
4. Who does Ashima try to contact first after learning of Ashoke's death?
5. Why isn't Ashima alarmed when Ashoke calls her in the evening when he is sick?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to change a friendly evening into an intimate encounter between Mushumi and Gogol?
2. What do Gogol and Moushumi decide to do with the money they receive as wedding presents?
3. What does Gogol do when he learns of his father's death?
4. What does Moushumi do while married to Gogol and feeling discontented with life?
5. What does Ashima do by herself with her husband in Ohio?
6. What do the Ratliffs do for Gogol in New Hampshire?
7. When bothers Gogol after he and Moushumi return to New York after a trip to Paris?
8. What do Gogol and Moushumi have in common when they first meet?
9. What does Moushumi reveal about her past that she finds humiliating?
10. How do Gogol and Mushumi react to one another after all this time?
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