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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 is Piya happy to see on the door of the room Kanai shows her to?
2. What does Fokir tell Kanai when Kanai asks if he would ever think of visiting a city?
3. What is Fokir's last name?
4. Why do the villagers surround a small hut the night Piya and the others are docked at the edge of the mangroves?
5. What does Kanai tell that Piya New Delhi has become a center for?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kusum tell Fokir as a child about the shushuk, or dolphins, in the river?
2. Why does Moyna become so upset with Kanai in Part IV?
3. How did Horen come to have Nirmal's notebook for Kanai?
4. What makes Piya uncomfortable about the way she ends up paying Fokir for taking her on his boat?
5. In Part III, what happens just before Piya and Fokir decide to go to Lusibari?
6. What does Nilima tell Kanai about his decision to go with Piya, Fokir, and Horen on their journey?
7. Why is Piya so upset by seeing the villagers attack the tiger in the hut, trying to kill it?
8. What does Moyna tell Kanai about her fears about Fokir and Piya?
9. How does the incident with the tiger in the village change Piya's opinion of Fokir?
10. Why do people in the Lusibari and surrounding regions not like to say the word tiger?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is Piya's most beloved piece of equipment throughout her years of research in the field, and why? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Piya refuse to eat most food offered to her by the locals during her work in the field? Why does the food Fokir cooks for her remind her so strongly of her own father? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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