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

2. Who does Kusum call on the day she sees her father die while gathering firewood?
(a) Dhona.
(b) Dokkhin Rai.
(c) Bon Bibi.
(d) Shukey.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the locals call Nirmal?

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

3. Why do Nirmal and Nilima Bose first come to Lusibari?

4. Why does the guard on Piya's boat stop Fokir at first?

5. Why does Horen take Kusum away from Lusibari on the last night of the Bon Bibi play?

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