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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 does Moyna hear in the end of Part II that frightens her?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A lion.
(c) A snake.
(d) A tiger.

2. On what date did Nirmal begin his notebook that he passes on to Kanai?
(a) August 19, 1973.
(b) May 15, 1979.
(c) December 5, 1964.
(d) March 3, 1970.

3. When was the devastating famine in Bengal that Nirmal and Nilima both remember?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1950.

4. What does Fokir fish for?
(a) Perch.
(b) Crabs.
(c) Bass.
(d) Whales.

5. Where did Piya do her graduate program?
(a) The Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
(b) St. Andrew's College.
(c) The Sundarbans Institute.
(d) Northeastern University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminds Piya of her father on Fokir's boat?

2. What does Piya do for a living?

3. What do the locals call Nirmal?

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

5. Where does Piya have relatives in India?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does everyone call Nilima Mashima in Lusibari?

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

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

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

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

8. What are some of the greatest threats to the people in Lusibari in their natural environment?

9. Why is Moyna so frustrated with her husband Fokir?

10. Why does Nilima decline to help the people in Morichjhapi, as Kusum requests?

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