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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moyna hear in the end of Part II that frightens her?

2. What does Nirmal do for a living?

3. What does Moya tell Kanai when Kanai asks her why she married Fokir?

4. Who is the benevolent spirit of the forest in the Sundarbans, according to locals?

5. What is Fokir's fishing line made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the Badabon Trust's first actions?

2. Who brought up Fokir after his mother Kusum died?

3. What problems does Piya encounter with the men on the first boat she hires?

4. Why does Piya avoid most cooked foods when she is working in the field?

5. How does Kanai know Piya is a foreigner?

6. How do Kanai and Kusum first meet?

7. What does Dhona get in return from Dokkhin Rai for sacrificing Dukhey in Part II?

8. Why is Kanai traveling to Lusibari in Part I?

9. Why does the guard on Piya's launch boat apprehend the fisherman and his son?

10. Why does Piya struggle so much in the water of the river when she falls in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do the shushuk (dolphins) play in both Piya's and Nirmil's part of the story in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Which idea does Nilima have that leads to the creation of the Badabon trust? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

How does the village mob's brutal attack on, and killing of, a tiger change Piya's opinion of Fokir for the worse? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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