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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. Why does Piya say she should have guessed Moyna was Fokir's wife?
(a) She has a lovely singing voice.
(b) She is just as Fokir described her.
(c) Her son has her eyes.
(d) She looks like the picture Fokir showed her.

2. What had Piya been holding in the water just before the crocodile tried to strike?
(a) Her depth finder.
(b) Her laundry.
(c) Her notes.
(d) Her binoculars.

3. What does Kusum tell Kanai not to be afraid of when they first meet as children?
(a) A snake.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A grasshopper.
(d) A tiger.

4. What island does Kanai tell Piya that both Moyna and Fokir are from?
(a) Gorjontola.
(b) New Delhi.
(c) Satjelia.
(d) Lusibari.

5. Why does Moyna get angry at Kanai in Part IV?
(a) He insults her mother.
(b) He asks her why she did not earn her degree earlier.
(c) He flirts with her.
(d) He insults her hometown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Fokir born?

2. What is Piya happy to see on the door of the room Kanai shows her to?

3. What sea creature did Tethys leave to her twins?

4. What does Piya think about how Fokir looks when she visits him and Moyna in Lusibari for the first time?

5. When was the devastating famine in Bengal that Nirmal and Nilima both remember?

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