3. Why do the villagers surround a small hut the night Piya and the others are docked at the edge of the mangroves?
(a) They believe they have trapped a burglar in the hut.
(b) A woman is having a baby in the hut.
(c) A tiger has killed someone and has been trapped in the hut.
(d) They believe they have trapped an evil spirit in the hut.

4. What does Piya think about how Fokir looks when she visits him and Moyna in Lusibari for the first time?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Restless.
(d) Beaten and afraid.

5. Who is Nirmal's favorite poet?
(a) Rilke.
(b) Byron.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Tennyson.

6. Who did Nirmal always reserve the last word for, according to Kanai?
(a) Horen.
(b) Bon Bibi.
(c) Rilke.
(d) Nilima.

7. What does Piya think cetaceans have a special gift for in Part III?
(a) Being spirit animals.
(b) Communicating with each other.
(c) Springing surprises.
(d) Hunting.

8. Why does Nilima refuse to help Kusum when Kusum asks for help in Morichjhapi?
(a) She does not want to split her time between Lusibari and Morichjhapi.
(b) She does not want Nirmal to have another excuse to see Kusum.
(c) She does not want the government to turn against her.
(d) She does not want to leave her own children.

9. What is Nirmal's secret treasure, a gift from a former student?
(a) A map of the sea floor made by geologists.
(b) A bug repellent.
(c) A jeweled ring.
(d) A telescope.

10. Who did Nirmal give his notebook of writing to to keep for Kanai?
(a) Piya.
(b) Fokir.
(c) Nilima.
(d) Horen.

11. Why does Fokir tell Piya a tiger comes into a human settlment?
(a) It wants to confront Bon Bibi.
(b) It wants to shelter its cubs.
(c) It wants to kill people.
(d) It wants to die.

12. How does Kanai feel when he first sees Piya arrive in Lusibari?
(a) Sad.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Pleased and flattered.
(d) Angry.

13. After her first shower in Lusibari, how does Piya feel alone in her room?
(a) She is unbearably tired.
(b) She is very homesick.
(c) She is revisited by the terror she felt during the crocodile attack on the boat.
(d) She feels lust for Kanai.

14. Why will Kusum not eat during the siege of Morichjhapi?
(a) She is too sick to eat.
(b) She is too nervous to eat.
(c) She gives all her food to the animals.
(d) She wants to give all her food to the leader of the ward.

15. Why does Piya want to continue working with Fokir?
(a) He speaks good English.
(b) He does not need to be paid.
(c) He has already saved her life.
(d) He is an excellent observer and he knows the river well.