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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 food does Piya mostly subsist on when she is working in the field?
(a) Bananas.
(b) A nurtrition bar.
(c) Apples.
(d) Toast.

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

3. What animal does Fokir tell Kanai has been lurking around the island in Part IV?
(a) A snake.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A crocodile.
(d) A lion.

4. What language does Nilima speak to Piya in at first in Part III?
(a) Italian.
(b) French.
(c) Bangla.
(d) Spanish.

5. Where was Fokir born?
(a) Kolhata.
(b) Lusibari.
(c) New Delhi.
(d) Bihar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kanai have to move quickly to do when Moyna drops the hurricane lamp?

2. What had Piya been holding in the water just before the crocodile tried to strike?

3. What did Vishnu do in three giant strides, according to Nirmal's story?

4. What does Horen say about a pirate and a forester?

5. What does Horen tell Kanai when he asks if Nirmal was in love with Kusum?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Horen come to have Nirmal's notebook for Kanai?

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

4. What does Nilima tell Kanai about tigers before he sets off with Piya, Fokir, and Horen?

5. What stunning secrets does Kanai learn about both Nirmal and Horen from Nirmal's notebook?

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

7. Why does Moyna become so upset with Kanai in Part IV?

8. Why is Piya so upset by seeing the villagers attack the tiger in the hut, trying to kill it?

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

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

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