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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 Kanai ask Piya if he can do with her in Part III?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Come on her next river trip with her.
(c) Travel back to America with her.
(d) Marry her.

2. What is Piya happy to see on the door of the room Kanai shows her to?
(a) There is a bell on the outside.
(b) There is a latch on the inside.
(c) There is an American-style doorknob.
(d) There is a heavy wooden frame around the door.

3. What is the name of the man Piya is involved with in Cambodia?
(a) Mandolin.
(b) Suhi.
(c) Rath.
(d) Barry.

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

5. What does Kanai say to Piya that she is unsure about how to respond to after their first meal together in Lusibari?
(a) He asks her if she is a lesbian.
(b) He asks where she wants to live within the next several years.
(c) He flirts with her.
(d) He asks if she will travel with him soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Piya think about how Fokir looks when she visits him and Moyna in Lusibari for the first time?

2. Why does Nirmal lie to Nilima about going to Morichjhapi in Part III?

3. Why do the villagers surround a small hut the night Piya and the others are docked at the edge of the mangroves?

4. Who does Kusum introduce Nirmal to in Part III?

5. Why does Piya tell Moyna she wants to work with Fokir?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moyna tell Kanai about her fears about Fokir and Piya?

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

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

4. Why do people in the Lusibari and surrounding regions not like to say the word tiger?

5. Why does Kanai tell Piya Moyna is remarkable?

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

7. What does Piya tell Kanai about Kolkata and cetaceans?

8. How does Piya communicate about the creatures she studies even though she does not know the native language?

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

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

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