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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?
(a) They put him in a lukewarm bath.
(b) They hand him a bucket of cold water and a washcloth for him to bathe with.
(c) They swab his body with warm damp towels.
(d) They put him in five inches of warm water.

2. What is in the prisoner's cell?
(a) A plank bed and water pot.
(b) A bedroll.
(c) A cot and toilet.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?
(a) He is afraid of the repercussions from the angry crowd.
(b) He doesn't want to lose face.
(c) He feels compassion for it.
(d) It is a large and expensive piece of machinery.

4. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?
(a) Because he wants to collect the reward.
(b) Because it is his job.
(c) The angry crowd doesn't really give him a choice.
(d) Because he doesn't want anyone else to get hurt.

5. How do the police and magistrates feel after the prisoner's death?
(a) Elated.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?

2. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?

3. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?

4. What has the elephant destroyed?

5. How does the elephant die?

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