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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 273 - 333).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is home for Nilima?
(a) Where her children are.
(b) Where Nirmal is.
(c) Where Kanai is.
(d) Wherever she can brew a good pot of tea.

2. Where does Piya tell Kanai earlier specimens of the dolphins she studies had been found?
(a) Russia.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) New Delhi.
(d) America.

3. How do widows in Lusibari dress?
(a) In red saris.
(b) In black saris.
(c) In borderless white saris.
(d) In borderless blue saris.

4. Why does Nirmal lie to Nilima about going to Morichjhapi in Part III?
(a) He knows she would not approve of his visiting there.
(b) He knows she would be angry he did not invite her along.
(c) He knows she would report him to the authorities because he is not supposed to leave Lusibari.
(d) He knows she would want to move there if she thought he liked it there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pulls Piya away from the hut and the rioting villagers in Part IV?

2. What time does the generator at the guest house in Lusibari switch off at night?

3. What did Fokir say to Piya right before he died?

4. What does the word Badabon mean?

5. Why does Piya want to continue working with Fokir?

(see the answer key)

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