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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Fokir fish for?
(a) Whales.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Perch.
(d) Bass.
2. What reminds Piya of her father on Fokir's boat?
(a) The pack Fokir carries.
(b) The sail.
(c) The red checkered cloth.
(d) The lunghi.
3. Where is Piya waiting for a train to take her when Kanai first sees her?
(a) Lusibari.
(b) Gorang.
(c) Canning.
(d) New Delhi.
4. Who offered to find Kusum's mother a job after Kusum's father's death?
(a) Horen Naskor.
(b) Dilip Choudhury.
(c) Nilima.
(d) Nirmal.
5. Where is the setting of the play called The Glory of Bon Bibi?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Lusibari.
(c) New Dheli.
(d) Medina.
6. On what date did Nirmal begin his notebook that he passes on to Kanai?
(a) August 19, 1973.
(b) December 5, 1964.
(c) March 3, 1970.
(d) May 15, 1979.
7. What does Piya do for a living?
(a) She studies air currents.
(b) She studies fish.
(c) She studies plants.
(d) She studies cetaceans.
8. What is another word for the Orcaella?
(a) The river fish.
(b) The killer whale.
(c) The Irrawaddy dolphin.
(d) The river sprite.
9. Why is Moyna especially critical of Fokir's job as a fisherman?
(a) Fisherman often smell fairly bad after a day's work.
(b) Fisherman are on the bottom rung of the social ladder in Lusibari.
(c) The fish will likely be gone in the region within about 15 years' time.
(d) Fisherman are usually learned, but they are not allowed to work in professional jobs.
10. What does Moya tell Kanai when Kanai asks her why she married Fokir?
(a) He would not understand.
(b) She loves him deeply.
(c) She had to marry him because it was an arranged marriage.
(d) She had to marry him because she was pregnant.
11. Where does Piya see many dolphins on her trip with Fokir?
(a) Canning.
(b) The Bengal Bay.
(c) Lusibari.
(d) Garjontola.
12. Why do Nirmal and Nilima Bose first come to Lusibari?
(a) To be closer to the river.
(b) To be closer to family.
(c) For a safe haven.
(d) For work.
13. What does Moyna hear in the end of Part II that frightens her?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A lion.
(c) A snake.
(d) A tiger.
14. Who is Fokir's son?
(a) Kanai.
(b) Tutul.
(c) Horen.
(d) Nirmal.
15. Who is the evil forest spirit in the Bon Bibi play?
(a) Dokkhin Rai.
(b) Bon Bibi.
(c) Dhukey.
(d) Dhona.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Fokir's fishing line made of?
2. What does Fokir show Piya on Garjontola?
3. Where did Piya do her graduate program?
4. What does Piya ask Fokir to do when he starts singing?
5. Who is Kanai's aunt he is visiting?
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