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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kanai have to move quickly to do when Moyna drops the hurricane lamp?
(a) Get shoes on so he does not cut his feet.
(b) Pull Moyna out of the way of the flame.
(c) Stamp out the wick so it does not catch on the kerosene.
(d) Move the curtains out of the way.

2. What does Kanai tell Piya that Fokir views the things she sees as fauna?
(a) Food.
(b) Stories.
(c) Mirages.
(d) Rubbish.

3. Why does Piya want to continue working with Fokir?
(a) He is an excellent observer and he knows the river well.
(b) He has already saved her life.
(c) He speaks good English.
(d) He does not need to be paid.

4. Who does Piya hand her money to in Part III when she visits Fokir's house?
(a) Moyna.
(b) Fokir.
(c) Kanai.
(d) Tutul.

5. What does Nilima tell Piya about Moyna's state of mind when the two women first meet in Part III?
(a) Moyna has been worried sick about Fokir and Tutul.
(b) Moyna is jealous of Piya.
(c) Moyna has moved out of town to look for Fokir.
(d) Moyna is surprised to see Fokir back so soon.

6. Why does Fokir tell Piya a tiger comes into a human settlment?
(a) It wants to shelter its cubs.
(b) It wants to confront Bon Bibi.
(c) It wants to die.
(d) It wants to kill people.

7. Why does Piya tell Moyna she wants to work with Fokir?
(a) He is an educated man.
(b) He speaks English very well.
(c) He knows the river very well.
(d) She loves him.

8. What is Fokir's last name?
(a) Floren.
(b) Bose.
(c) Naskor.
(d) Mandol.

9. How does the man in Cambodia break Piya's heart?
(a) He tells her he is already married.
(b) He marries someone else right after she leaves.
(c) He tells her he is betrothed to someone in an arranged marriage.
(d) He breaks up with her because he says she is too poor.

10. What language does Nilima speak to Piya in at first in Part III?
(a) Italian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Bangla.

11. What did Vishnu do in three giant strides, according to Nirmal's story?
(a) Create the metric system.
(b) Create the harpsichord.
(c) Measure the universe.
(d) Find rice for the first time.

12. What does Piya think about how Fokir looks when she visits him and Moyna in Lusibari for the first time?
(a) Angry.
(b) Beaten and afraid.
(c) Happy.
(d) Restless.

13. Why does Piya become so upset at the scene of the villagers gathered around the hut in the mangroves in Part IV?
(a) They are trying to kill a man.
(b) She fears for Fokir's safety.
(c) She thinks one of the children will get hurt.
(d) They are trying to kill a tiger.

14. What is Piya happy to see on the door of the room Kanai shows her to?
(a) There is an American-style doorknob.
(b) There is a latch on the inside.
(c) There is a bell on the outside.
(d) There is a heavy wooden frame around the door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moyna bring for Piya to eat for dinner the second night in Lusibari?

2. Who did Nirmal always reserve the last word for, according to Kanai?

3. What does Kanai say to Piya that she is unsure about how to respond to after their first meal together in Lusibari?

4. Who was Kusum's husband?

5. What does Kanai tell that Piya New Delhi has become a center for?

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