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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 Nilima refuse to help Kusum when Kusum asks for help in Morichjhapi?
(a) She does not want to leave her own children.
(b) She does not want to split her time between Lusibari and Morichjhapi.
(c) She does not want Nirmal to have another excuse to see Kusum.
(d) She does not want the government to turn against her.

2. What does Kanai tell Piya that Fokir views the things she sees as fauna?
(a) Stories.
(b) Food.
(c) Rubbish.
(d) Mirages.

3. Why does Nirmal lie to Nilima about going to Morichjhapi in Part III?
(a) He knows she would report him to the authorities because he is not supposed to leave Lusibari.
(b) He knows she would want to move there if she thought he liked it there.
(c) He knows she would not approve of his visiting there.
(d) He knows she would be angry he did not invite her along.

4. Why will Kusum not eat during the siege of Morichjhapi?
(a) She is too nervous to eat.
(b) She wants to give all her food to the leader of the ward.
(c) She is too sick to eat.
(d) She gives all her food to the animals.

5. Where do Piya and Fokir decide to go right after the crocodile attack?
(a) New Delhi.
(b) Garjontola.
(c) Lusibari.
(d) Satjelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nilima tell Piya about Moyna's state of mind when the two women first meet in Part III?

2. Why is Moyna so upset with Fokir before he sets off with Piya and Kanai in Part IV?

3. What is the word Fokir uses for crocodile?

4. What is Piya happy to see on the door of the room Kanai shows her to?

5. Where does Moyna live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kusum die?

2. What surprises Kanai about the nature of Piya's work when he goes out on the water with her?

3. Why does Moyna react so angrily when Fokir gives a sting-ray tail to Tutul to play with?

4. What makes Piya uncomfortable about the way she ends up paying Fokir for taking her on his boat?

5. Why does Piya's story about carrying messages between her arguing parents affect Nilima so much in Part IV?

6. Who does Piya stay with in Lusibari, and why?

7. What does Kusum tell Fokir as a child about the shushuk, or dolphins, in the river?

8. How does Fokir handle Piya's outburst at the village where the tiger is trapped in the hut?

9. How does the incident with the tiger in the village change Piya's opinion of Fokir?

10. What does Kanai tell Piya about the differences between her and Fokir?

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