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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nirmal do for a living?
(a) He is an accountant.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is a teacher and headmaster.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. Who is Kusum married to?
(a) Fokir.
(b) Nirmal.
(c) Tutul.
(d) Moyna.

3. What time does the generator at the guest house in Lusibari switch off at night?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

4. What do the locals call Nirmal?
(a) Master.
(b) Mister.
(c) Saar.
(d) Highness.

5. How does Piya communicate to locals the kind of animals she is studying?
(a) She uses sounds.
(b) She uses display cards.
(c) She uses her phone images.
(d) She uses sign language.

6. Why does Fokir prevent Piya from saying the word tiger?
(a) Fokir does not want to scare Piya.
(b) Fokir does not believe in tigers.
(c) It is taboo to say the word tiger in his culture.
(d) Fokir does not think Piya knows what a tiger is.

7. Who meets Kanai at the train station in Canning?
(a) Nilima.
(b) Moya.
(c) Horen.
(d) Fokir.

8. What profession does Kanai practice?
(a) Translation.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

9. What does Fokir show Piya on Garjontola?
(a) A bird's nest.
(b) A shrine.
(c) A crocodile nest.
(d) A beached dolphin.

10. Where does Nirmal visit a school in the end of Part II?
(a) Garjontola.
(b) Kumirmari.
(c) Canning.
(d) Lusibari.

11. Who is Fokir's son?
(a) Nirmal.
(b) Tutul.
(c) Kanai.
(d) Horen.

12. What river does Piya fall into in Part I?
(a) The Sundarban River.
(b) The Tiber River.
(c) The Ganges.
(d) The Bangal.

13. Who is the boy who is to be the sacrifice in the Bon Bibi play?
(a) Dhona.
(b) Bon Bibi.
(c) Dokkhin Rai.
(d) Dhukey.

14. Why is Piya anxious on the boat with Fokir in Part II?
(a) He seems to want to go further and further from shore and from other people.
(b) He has been violent with her before.
(c) She thinks he means to rob her.
(d) She is afraid he will want to leave the area soon, and she needs to stay to observe the dolphins.

15. What does the structure Fokir shows Piya on Garjontola remind Piya of?
(a) Her mother's gramophone.
(b) Her mother's puja table.
(c) Her father's coffee table.
(d) Her father's chess set.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Piya have relatives in India?

2. On what date did Nirmal begin his notebook that he passes on to Kanai?

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

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

5. Where does Nirmal write the contents of his notebook that he leaves to Kanai?

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