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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 Piya want to continue working with Fokir?
(a) He speaks good English.
(b) He is an excellent observer and he knows the river well.
(c) He has already saved her life.
(d) He does not need to be paid.

2. Why does Piya become so upset at the scene of the villagers gathered around the hut in the mangroves in Part IV?
(a) She thinks one of the children will get hurt.
(b) She fears for Fokir's safety.
(c) They are trying to kill a tiger.
(d) They are trying to kill a man.

3. Who does Kusum introduce Nirmal to in Part III?
(a) Kanaii.
(b) Moyna.
(c) Horen.
(d) Fokir.

4. Where does Horen say he learned the recitation of Bon Bibi?
(a) From his brother.
(b) From his wife.
(c) From his father.
(d) From his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moyna live?

2. What phrase does Moyna and others use as a familiar when addressing Kanai?

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

4. What does Kanai say to Piya that she is unsure about how to respond to after their first meal together in Lusibari?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is one main reason Nirmal becomes involved in Morichjhapi?

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

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

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

10. Why does Kanai tell Piya Moyna is remarkable?

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