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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. Who is Lusibari named after?
(a) Lucy Hamilton.
(b) Lucy Ball.
(c) Lee Lusibari.
(d) Laura Lake.

2. Who is the boy who is to be the sacrifice in the Bon Bibi play?
(a) Bon Bibi.
(b) Dhona.
(c) Dhukey.
(d) Dokkhin Rai.

3. Why does Fokir prevent Piya from saying the word tiger?
(a) It is taboo to say the word tiger in his culture.
(b) Fokir does not think Piya knows what a tiger is.
(c) Fokir does not believe in tigers.
(d) Fokir does not want to scare Piya.

4. What could Piya see from her childhood bedroom window?
(a) The Hudson River.
(b) San Francisco Bay.
(c) Puget Sound.
(d) St. John's Bay.

5. Who is Kusum married to?
(a) Moyna.
(b) Nirmal.
(c) Tutul.
(d) Fokir.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many languages does Kanai speak?

2. Where did Piya do her graduate program?

3. Who is the benevolent spirit of the forest in the Sundarbans, according to locals?

4. Where does Nirmal visit a school in the end of Part II?

5. What does Horen do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Piya encounter with the men on the first boat she hires?

2. What is one of the Badabon Trust's first actions?

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

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

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

6. What does the destitution of the tide country in Lusibari remind Nilima and Nirmal of?

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

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

9. What happens to Kusum's mother after her father dies?

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

(see the answer keys)

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