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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 Horen tell Kanai when he asks if Nirmal was in love with Kusum?

2. What animal does Fokir tell Kanai has been lurking around the island in Part IV?

3. What is Piya happy to see on the door of the room Kanai shows her to?

4. What does Kanai say to Piya that she is unsure about how to respond to after their first meal together in Lusibari?

5. How does the man in Cambodia break Piya's heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Piya so upset by seeing the villagers attack the tiger in the hut, trying to kill it?

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

3. What makes Piya uncomfortable about the way she ends up paying Fokir for taking her on his boat?

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

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

6. What surprises Kanai about the nature of Piya's work when he goes out on the water with her?

7. Why does Kanai tell Piya Moyna is remarkable?

8. How does Kusum die?

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

10. Why does Kanai invite Piya to his aunt's house in Lusibari?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Kanai change as a character throughout the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the signs Nirmal notes that portend the changing - and death - of the natural landscape in Lusibari? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do rivers symbolize throughout the entire novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.

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