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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. Who does Nimral travel to Morichjhapi with?
(a) Horen.
(b) Nilima.
(c) Kanai.
(d) Kusum.

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

3. Who does Kusum call on the day she sees her father die while gathering firewood?
(a) Dhona.
(b) Shukey.
(c) Dokkhin Rai.
(d) Bon Bibi.

4. What has Kanai's late uncle left for him?
(a) His notebook of his own writings.
(b) His telescope collection.
(c) His house.
(d) His boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kanai's aunt he is visiting?

2. Why does Fokir prevent Piya from saying the word tiger?

3. What does Fokir fish for?

4. How does Kusum's father die?

5. What organization does Nilima found?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Kanai and Kusum first meet?

6. What problems does Piya encounter with the men on the first boat she hires?

7. What kind of creature is the Orcaella a relative to?

8. Why did Kanai spend time in Lusibari with Nilima and Nirmal as a child?

9. What is one of the Badabon Trust's first actions?

10. Why does Piya recognize the reddish checkered cloth on Fokir's boat?

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