1. What does the folk epic of the Sundurbans, Bon Bibir Johuranama, translate to in English?
(a) The Damnation of Bon Bibi.
(b) The Miracles of Bon Bibi.
(c) The Journey of Bon Bibi.
(d) The Death of Bon Bibi.

2. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,700.

3. Who was the nineteenth-century expert on Mumbai that the author turned to for assistance in finding out about the 1882 Bombay cyclone?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
(b) Murali Ranganathan.
(c) Gustave Flaubert.
(d) Dipesh Chakrabarty.

4. When was Mumbai's earliest recorded encounter with a powerful storm?
(a) May 15, 1618.
(b) May 4, 1599.
(c) June 12, 1593.
(d) September 2, 1659.

5. Between 1998 and 2001, three cyclones crashed into the Indian subcontinent to the north of Mumbai. Approximately how many people were killed in these events?
(a) 17,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 6,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Part 1, Section 3 as "one of the finest prose stylists of our time, she is passionate and deeply informed about climate change. Yet all her writings on these subjects are in various forms of nonfiction" (8)?

2. When did Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

3. Where was the author with his wife when Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

4. What prominent historian stated that probability is a "manner of conceiving the world constituted without our being aware of it" (16)?

5. How many people were injured by the cyclone that the author encountered while in Delhi?

(see the answer key)

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