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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Piya communicate to locals the kind of animals she is studying?
(a) She uses display cards.
(b) She uses her phone images.
(c) She uses sign language.
(d) She uses sounds.

2. What does the structure Fokir shows Piya on Garjontola remind Piya of?
(a) Her mother's puja table.
(b) Her mother's gramophone.
(c) Her father's chess set.
(d) Her father's coffee table.

3. What kinds of creatures are especially plentiful in the Sundarbans?
(a) Fish.
(b) Cats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Arthropods.

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

5. What is Piya's most valued possession on her trips into the field?
(a) Her binoculars.
(b) Her depth-finder.
(c) Her waterproof belt.
(d) Her phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the generator at the guest house in Lusibari switch off at night?

2. What happens to Piya when she tries to hand Fokir money in Part I?

3. What is Moyna studying in Part II?

4. Why does Horen take Kusum away from Lusibari on the last night of the Bon Bibi play?

5. What does the word Badabon mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the destitution of the tide country in Lusibari remind Nilima and Nirmal of?

2. Why does Piya struggle so much in the water of the river when she falls in?

3. Why does Piya avoid most cooked foods when she is working in the field?

4. What does Dhona get in return from Dokkhin Rai for sacrificing Dukhey in Part II?

5. How does Piya end up falling in the river in Part I?

6. Who brought up Fokir after his mother Kusum died?

7. How does Kanai know Piya is a foreigner?

8. Who is Bon Bibi?

9. How do Kanai and Kusum first meet?

10. Where was Kanai's last encounter with Nirmal before Nirmal died?

(see the answer keys)

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