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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession does Kanai practice?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Translation.

2. Why is Piya anxious on the boat with Fokir in Part II?
(a) He has been violent with her before.
(b) She is afraid he will want to leave the area soon, and she needs to stay to observe the dolphins.
(c) He seems to want to go further and further from shore and from other people.
(d) She thinks he means to rob her.

3. Why is Moyna especially critical of Fokir's job as a fisherman?
(a) Fisherman are usually learned, but they are not allowed to work in professional jobs.
(b) Fisherman are on the bottom rung of the social ladder in Lusibari.
(c) The fish will likely be gone in the region within about 15 years' time.
(d) Fisherman often smell fairly bad after a day's work.

4. Where does Piya have relatives in India?
(a) Lusibari.
(b) Morichjhapi.
(c) Calcutta.
(d) Bengal.

5. What has Kanai's late uncle left for him?
(a) His telescope collection.
(b) His notebook of his own writings.
(c) His house.
(d) His boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the girl Kanai spends time with as a child in Lusibari?

2. What does Moya tell Kanai when Kanai asks her why she married Fokir?

3. What does the word Badabon mean?

4. Who is Kusum married to?

5. Where does Piya see many dolphins on her trip with Fokir?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dhona get in return from Dokkhin Rai for sacrificing Dukhey in Part II?

2. Why did Kanai spend time in Lusibari with Nilima and Nirmal as a child?

3. Why does Piya recognize the reddish checkered cloth on Fokir's boat?

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

5. Why does Piya struggle so much in the water of the river when she falls in?

6. Why does Nilima decline to help the people in Morichjhapi, as Kusum requests?

7. What are some of the greatest threats to the people in Lusibari in their natural environment?

8. Who is Bon Bibi?

9. How do Kanai and Kusum first meet?

10. How does Piya end up falling in the river in Part I?

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