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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 273 - 333).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the guard on Piya's boat stop Fokir at first?
(a) He says he is in distress.
(b) He says he has kidnapped the child on his boat.
(c) He says Fokir is a fugitive.
(d) He says he is a poacher.

2. What does Piya say it means when marine mammals begin to disappear from an established habitat?
(a) Something is very wrong in the environment.
(b) They are experiencing disease.
(c) They are being hunted by men.
(d) They are being hunted by tigers.

3. What does Nilima tell Kanai to be especially careful about during his trip down the river?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Being robbed.
(d) Crocodiles.

4. Why does Fokir leave Kanai on the island alone, briefly, in Part IV?
(a) Kanai is sick and wants to be alone.
(b) Kanai tells Fokir he will never have Piya.
(c) Kanai wants to see if he can make it on his own in the wild.
(d) Kanai curses at Fokir and tells him to go away.

5. What does Horen tell Nirmal is in Fokir's veins?
(a) His mother's spirit.
(b) His father's blood.
(c) The river.
(d) Bravery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Fokir born?

2. What land animals are the most dangerous and feared in the Sundarbans?

3. How does Piya help raise money for Moyna and Tutul?

4. Where were Nirmal and Nilima living when the police came knocking on the door of their flat?

5. What does Kanai tell that Piya New Delhi has become a center for?

(see the answer key)

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