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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. Why does Fokir tackle Piya on the boat in Part III?

2. What does Kanai have to move quickly to do when Moyna drops the hurricane lamp?

3. What food does Piya mostly subsist on when she is working in the field?

4. What sea creature did Tethys leave to her twins?

5. Who does Piya first meet in Lusibari?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kusum die?

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

3. What does Nilima tell Kanai about tigers before he sets off with Piya, Fokir, and Horen?

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

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

6. Why do people in the Lusibari and surrounding regions not like to say the word tiger?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does Nirmal decide he wants to teach in Morichjhapi? Why does Nilima have such strong objections to the idea of his working there? 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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