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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 3 - 64).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Piya have relatives in India?
(a) Morichjhapi.
(b) Lusibari.
(c) Bengal.
(d) Calcutta.

2. What does Piya do for a living?
(a) She studies air currents.
(b) She studies cetaceans.
(c) She studies plants.
(d) She studies fish.

3. How do Nilima and Nirmal meet?
(a) Nilima and Nirmal meet by chance in a shop.
(b) Their families are neighbors.
(c) Nilima is a student in Nirmal's class.
(d) Nilima is Nirmal's nurse.

4. Who founded Lusibari?
(a) Marshall Mitchell.
(b) Lucy Emilia.
(c) Queen Victoria of England.
(d) Sir Daniel MacKinnon Hamilton.

5. What is the word for Aunt in Part I?
(a) Mashima.
(b) Mamo.
(c) Romana.
(d) Auntie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fokir fish for?

2. Where is Piya waiting for a train to take her when Kanai first sees her?

3. How does Kusum's father die?

4. Who is the girl Kanai spends time with as a child in Lusibari?

5. What organization does Nilima found?

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