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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 1 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the tiger demon featured in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Lakshmi.
(b) Dokkhin Rai.
(c) Saraswati.
(d) Dukhey.

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

3. Who is describd as the protagonist in Bon Bibir Johuranama?
(a) Saraswati.
(b) Narayan.
(c) Dukhey.
(d) Dokkhin Rai.

4. What much-admired historical novel by Paul Kingsnorth is referenced in Part 1, Section 3?
(a) The Flood.
(b) The Wake.
(c) The Glass Room.
(d) The Falling Tide.

5. Where were the author's parents originally from?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) Myanmar.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the great river that bordered the author's parents' homeland suddenly change course, drowning the village?

2. Where did the author's forebearers resettle after the flooding of their first village?

3. What movie does the author reference in Part 1, Section 1 as an illustration of the inanimate being revealed to be animate?

4. Who wrote the novel Solaris?

5. Who wrote Sacred Theory of the Earth (1690)?

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