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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. Where did Piya do her graduate program?

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

3. What could Piya see from her childhood bedroom window?

4. How does Kusum's father die?

5. Who does Kusum call on the day she sees her father die while gathering firewood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Moyna so frustrated with her husband Fokir?

3. Where was Kanai's last encounter with Nirmal before Nirmal died?

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

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

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

7. Who is Bon Bibi?

8. How does Kanai explain to Piya the correct way to pronounce his name?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Piya surprised and upset at the way Kanai speaks to Fokir when the men first meet in her presence? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why are so many women in Lusibari widows, and what does Nilima think of this phenomenon of widowhood when she first begins to understand it after moving to Lusibari? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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