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

2. Where does Nirmal write the contents of his notebook that he leaves to Kanai?
(a) Gorjontola.
(b) Morichjhapi.
(c) Lusibari.
(d) Marisopi.

3. How do widows in Lusibari dress?
(a) In red saris.
(b) In black saris.
(c) In borderless white saris.
(d) In borderless blue saris.

4. What does Moyna tell Kanai Fokir is like?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A priest.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A child.

5. What do the locals call Nirmal?
(a) Saar.
(b) Highness.
(c) Mister.
(d) Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does Kanai practice?

2. Who does Kusum call on the day she sees her father die while gathering firewood?

3. Why does the guard on Piya's boat stop Fokir at first?

4. What river does Piya fall into in Part I?

5. Where were Nirmal and Nilima living when the police came knocking on the door of their flat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Kusum's mother after her father dies?

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

3. Why is Kanai traveling to Lusibari in Part I?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does everyone call Nilima Mashima in Lusibari?

10. How do Kanai and Kusum first meet?

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