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

2. Why do Nirmal and Nilima Bose first come to Lusibari?
(a) For work.
(b) To be closer to the river.
(c) For a safe haven.
(d) To be closer to family.

3. What happens to Piya when she tries to hand Fokir money in Part I?
(a) She is bitten by a crocodile.
(b) The boat's motor slices her arm.
(c) She sees a dolphin and jumps off the boat.
(d) She falls off the boat and into the river.

4. What reminds Piya of her father on Fokir's boat?
(a) The lunghi.
(b) The pack Fokir carries.
(c) The red checkered cloth.
(d) The sail.

5. Where did Piya do her graduate program?
(a) The Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
(b) St. Andrew's College.
(c) The Sundarbans Institute.
(d) Northeastern University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What land animals are the most dangerous and feared in the Sundarbans?

2. What is Piya's only jewelry?

3. What is Piya's most valued possession on her trips into the field?

4. Where does Piya have relatives in India?

5. Where does Kanai live?

(see the answer key)

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