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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 203 - 272).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kanai tell Piya that Fokir views the things she sees as fauna?
(a) Stories.
(b) Rubbish.
(c) Food.
(d) Mirages.

2. What phrase does Moyna and others use as a familiar when addressing Kanai?
(a) Bon.
(b) Cheri.
(c) Min.
(d) Babu.

3. When was the devastating famine in Bengal that Nirmal and Nilima both remember?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1936.

4. What does Horen tell Kanai when he asks if Nirmal was in love with Kusum?
(a) Nirmal swore Horen to secrecy on this topic.
(b) Horen is an unlettered man and does not know of these things.
(c) Nirmal was definitely in love with Kusum.
(d) Nirmal only ever loved Nilima.

5. What is the name of the man Piya is involved with in Cambodia?
(a) Suhi.
(b) Barry.
(c) Mandolin.
(d) Rath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kanai ask Piya if he can do with her in Part III?

2. Why does Piya say she should have guessed Moyna was Fokir's wife?

3. Why does Fokir leave Kanai on the island alone, briefly, in Part IV?

4. What kinds of creatures are especially plentiful in the Sundarbans?

5. Why does Piya want to continue working with Fokir?

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