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

2. What language is Nirmal's notebook written in?
(a) Bengali.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

3. What is the Lusibari term for stingray?
(a) Shankor-machh.
(b) Methril-machh.
(c) Merlinamach.
(d) Shasuksa.

4. What does the word Matla mean in Bangla?
(a) River.
(b) Lust.
(c) Mad.
(d) Hard.

5. Why does Piya tell Moyna she wants to work with Fokir?
(a) He is an educated man.
(b) He speaks English very well.
(c) He knows the river very well.
(d) She loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Piya want to continue working with Fokir?

2. What does Nilima tell Piya is Kanai's problem?

3. Who is the wife of Oceanus in Greek mythology?

4. What does Kanai ask Piya if he can do with her in Part III?

5. Where was Fokir born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kanai invite Piya to his aunt's house in Lusibari?

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

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

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

6. How does Kusum die?

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

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

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

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

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