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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 time does the generator at the guest house in Lusibari switch off at night?

2. What does Piya ask Fokir to do when he starts singing?

3. Why does Horen take Kusum away from Lusibari on the last night of the Bon Bibi play?

4. Who rescues Piya from the river in Part I?

5. What kinds of creatures are especially plentiful in the Sundarbans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Piya end up falling in the river in Part I?

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

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

6. Why does Piya recognize the reddish checkered cloth on Fokir's boat?

7. Why does the story of Bon Bibi make Kusum so upset in Part II?

8. Why does everyone call Nilima Mashima in Lusibari?

9. Why does Nilima decline to help the people in Morichjhapi, as Kusum requests?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Nilima mean when she tells her husband Nirmal "Building is always a matter of well-chosen compromises" (178)? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Kusum believes that the shushuk are Bon Bibi's messengers? 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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