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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. How do widows in Lusibari dress?

2. What does Moyna hear in the end of Part II that frightens her?

3. Who is Fokir's son?

4. Why do Nirmal and Nilima Bose first come to Lusibari?

5. What time does the generator at the guest house in Lusibari switch off at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of creature is the Orcaella a relative to?

3. Why does everyone call Nilima Mashima in Lusibari?

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

5. Who is Bon Bibi?

6. Who brought up Fokir after his mother Kusum died?

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

8. How does Kanai know Piya is a foreigner?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Nilima mean when she tells her husband Nirmal "Building is always a matter of well-chosen compromises" (178)? 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

Why does Nilima compare Kanai to tigers on page 202? How do you think Kanai feels about this comparison? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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