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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. Why does Fokir prevent Piya from saying the word tiger?
(a) Fokir does not believe in tigers.
(b) Fokir does not think Piya knows what a tiger is.
(c) It is taboo to say the word tiger in his culture.
(d) Fokir does not want to scare Piya.

2. What does Moya tell Kanai when Kanai asks her why she married Fokir?
(a) He would not understand.
(b) She had to marry him because it was an arranged marriage.
(c) She had to marry him because she was pregnant.
(d) She loves him deeply.

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

4. Who founded Lusibari?
(a) Queen Victoria of England.
(b) Marshall Mitchell.
(c) Sir Daniel MacKinnon Hamilton.
(d) Lucy Emilia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the structure Fokir shows Piya on Garjontola remind Piya of?

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

3. What is Moyna studying in Part II?

4. When was the last time Nilima saw Kusum?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Kanai explain to Piya the correct way to pronounce his name?

7. How does Kanai know Piya is a foreigner?

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

9. How do Kanai and Kusum first meet?

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

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