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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of a man does Nilima tell Piya Kanai is?
(a) Unforgiving.
(b) Good.
(c) Brutal.
(d) Fast.

2. 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.

3. What does Fokir tell Kanai when Kanai asks if he would ever think of visiting a city?
(a) He says he dreams of cities all the time.
(b) He says he is afraid to take a plane.
(c) He says this life is enough for him.
(d) He says he is afraid to drive a car.

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

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

6. What happened to Kusum's village when she lived in Bangladesh?
(a) It was flooded.
(b) It was taken over by the British.
(c) It was destroyed in an earthquake.
(d) It was burned to ash.

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

8. Which writer does Nirmal approach in Morichjhapi in Part II?
(a) Merkel.
(b) Lumbari.
(c) Naskor.
(d) Khokon.

9. What is the word Fokir uses for crocodile?
(a) Kumir.
(b) Marel.
(c) Lordel.
(d) Biglir.

10. Why will Kusum not eat during the siege of Morichjhapi?
(a) She wants to give all her food to the leader of the ward.
(b) She is too sick to eat.
(c) She is too nervous to eat.
(d) She gives all her food to the animals.

11. Where does Moyna live?
(a) Her grandmother's house.
(b) Nilima's guest house.
(c) Her father's house.
(d) The Lusibari Hospital's staff quarters.

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

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

14. Who was Kusum's husband?
(a) Rajen.
(b) Nirmal.
(c) Horen.
(d) Kanaii.

15. What is the Lusibari term for stingray?
(a) Methril-machh.
(b) Merlinamach.
(c) Shankor-machh.
(d) Shasuksa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Kanai feel when he first sees Piya arrive in Lusibari?

3. What does Piya think about how Fokir looks when she visits him and Moyna in Lusibari for the first time?

4. Why does Piya tell Moyna she wants to work with Fokir?

5. What is Piya happy to see on the door of the room Kanai shows her to?

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