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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word for Aunt in Part I?
(a) Auntie.
(b) Mamo.
(c) Mashima.
(d) Romana.

2. Who rescues Piya from the river in Part I?
(a) Kanai.
(b) Fokir.
(c) Tutul.
(d) Horen.

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

4. How many languages does Kanai speak?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

6. Where is the setting of the play called The Glory of Bon Bibi?
(a) Medina.
(b) New Dheli.
(c) Lusibari.
(d) Calcutta.

7. What does Horen do for a living?
(a) Farm.
(b) Fish.
(c) Practice law.
(d) Run safaris for tourists.

8. What does Moya tell Kanai when Kanai asks her why she married Fokir?
(a) She had to marry him because she was pregnant.
(b) She loves him deeply.
(c) He would not understand.
(d) She had to marry him because it was an arranged marriage.

9. 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 sign language.
(d) She uses her phone images.

10. What is Fokir's fishing line made of?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Silk.
(c) Burlap.
(d) Strong nylon.

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

12. What does Piya ask Fokir to do when he starts singing?
(a) To let her sing with him.
(b) To sing louder.
(c) To stop singing.
(d) To sing in English.

13. Where does Kanai live?
(a) Kolkata.
(b) Gorang.
(c) New Delhi.
(d) Lusibari.

14. What has Kanai's late uncle left for him?
(a) His house.
(b) His boat.
(c) His notebook of his own writings.
(d) His telescope collection.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Piya do her graduate program?

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

3. What river does Piya fall into in Part I?

4. What does Nilima tell Kanai is remarkable about Moyna?

5. What reminds Piya of her father on Fokir's boat?

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