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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 9 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author describe experiencing a cyclone that flooded a pond behind his house in Part 1, Section 2?
(a) Dhaka.
(b) Chattogram.
(c) Cox's Bazar.
(d) Sythet.

2. What is referred to in Part 1, Section 2 as the "great man-grove forest of the Bangal Delta" (5)?
(a) The Bandharas.
(b) The Dhanmondis.
(c) The Gulshans.
(d) The Sundarbans.

3. What neighborhoods of Long Island does the author describe looking out of on a flight into J.F.K. and thinking they were sure to be swamped in a storm surge in Part 1, Section 9?
(a) Hicksville and North Fork.
(b) Astoria and Williamsburg.
(c) Far Rockaway and Long Beach.
(d) Bellerose Terrace and Long Island City.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the destinies of New York and Mumbai become linked to the British Empire, according to the author in Part 1, Section 10?

2. When did Giovanni da Verrazzano land on Manhattan?

3. Who is describd as the protagonist in Bon Bibir Johuranama?

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

5. According to the author in Part 1, Section 10, how many passengers does Mumbai's suburban railway network transport on weekdays?

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