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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Nirmal and Nilima Bose first come to Lusibari?
(a) For work.
(b) For a safe haven.
(c) To be closer to family.
(d) To be closer to the river.

2. Where does Piya see many dolphins on her trip with Fokir?
(a) The Bengal Bay.
(b) Lusibari.
(c) Garjontola.
(d) Canning.

3. What land animals are the most dangerous and feared in the Sundarbans?
(a) Bears.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Lions.

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

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

6. What could Piya see from her childhood bedroom window?
(a) St. John's Bay.
(b) San Francisco Bay.
(c) Puget Sound.
(d) The Hudson River.

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

8. What is another word for the Orcaella?
(a) The river sprite.
(b) The river fish.
(c) The Irrawaddy dolphin.
(d) The killer whale.

9. What does Fokir fish for?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Whales.
(c) Perch.
(d) Bass.

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

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

12. Where were Nirmal and Nilima living when the police came knocking on the door of their flat?
(a) New Dheli.
(b) Lusibari.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Mudiali.

13. What kind of container does Moyna leave Kanai his food in?
(a) Bamboo.
(b) Glass.
(c) Tupperware.
(d) Tiffin.

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

15. Where did Piya do her graduate program?
(a) Northeastern University.
(b) St. Andrew's College.
(c) The Sundarbans Institute.
(d) The Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the word for Aunt in Part I?

3. What does Moyna tell Kanai Fokir is like?

4. How do widows in Lusibari dress?

5. Where does Nirmal visit a school in the end of Part II?

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