2. What does Nilima tell Piya is Kanai's problem?
(a) He is too poor.
(b) He is too clever for his own good.
(c) He is too focused on romantic relationships.
(d) He is too giving.

3. 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 heavy wooden frame around the door.
(c) There is a bell on the outside.
(d) There is a latch on the inside.

4. After her first shower in Lusibari, how does Piya feel alone in her room?
(a) She feels lust for Kanai.
(b) She is very homesick.
(c) She is revisited by the terror she felt during the crocodile attack on the boat.
(d) She is unbearably tired.

5. What is Piya's one concession to the elements on the bhotbhoti?
(a) A repelling line.
(b) A sunhat.
(c) Sunscreen.
(d) A UV-blocking shirt.

6. 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) Move the curtains out of the way.
(d) Stamp out the wick so it does not catch on the kerosene.

7. What does Horen say about a pirate and a forester?
(a) A forester will always get you home safely.
(b) A pirate steals less often than a forester.
(c) A pirate is safer than a forester.
(d) A man will always be more respected as a forester than a pirate.

8. Who did Nirmal give his notebook of writing to to keep for Kanai?
(a) Horen.
(b) Fokir.
(c) Nilima.
(d) Piya.

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

10. What animal does Fokir tell Kanai has been lurking around the island in Part IV?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A snake.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A lion.

11. What does Piya say it means when marine mammals begin to disappear from an established habitat?
(a) They are experiencing disease.
(b) Something is very wrong in the environment.
(c) They are being hunted by tigers.
(d) They are being hunted by men.

12. Why do the villagers surround a small hut the night Piya and the others are docked at the edge of the mangroves?
(a) A woman is having a baby in the hut.
(b) They believe they have trapped a burglar in the hut.
(c) They believe they have trapped an evil spirit in the hut.
(d) A tiger has killed someone and has been trapped in the hut.

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

14. What does Piya tell Nilima her father does for a living?
(a) He is an accountant.
(b) He is an astronaut.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is an engineer.

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