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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 65 - 132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Moyna studying in Part II?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Cooking.

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

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

4. Who is the benevolent spirit of the forest in the Sundarbans, according to locals?
(a) Dhukey.
(b) Maroni.
(c) Bon Bibi.
(d) Dhoka.

5. Where is Piya waiting for a train to take her when Kanai first sees her?
(a) Gorang.
(b) Canning.
(c) Lusibari.
(d) New Delhi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offered to find Kusum's mother a job after Kusum's father's death?

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

3. What is another word for the Orcaella?

4. How do widows in Lusibari dress?

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

(see the answer key)

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