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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. Where did Fleury and the Collector meet in the late seventies?
(a) St. James.
(b) Barclay Square.
(c) Hyde Park.
(d) Pall Mall.

2. What was Louise suffering from?
(a) cholera.
(b) chicken pox.
(c) typhoid fever.
(d) scurvy.

3. What is Dr. Dunstaple supposed to have died from?
(a) pneumonia.
(b) malaria.
(c) scarlet fever.
(d) a heart attack.

4. What is used to help load the brass cannons?
(a) a dusting of flour.
(b) forks.
(c) a bit of grease.
(d) women's stockings.

5. How does Fleury confuse the sepoys?
(a) by throwing a blanket over them.
(b) by pouring water on them.
(c) by twirling his sabre around quickly.
(d) by shouting orders in the vernacular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chloe detects a sepoy, and because Fleury doesn't have his rifle with him, who ends up shooting the sepoy?

2. Who became cold to Lucy after the cockchafer episode?

3. What does Fleury find beautiful in the morning in Chapter 30?

4. The woman who bears the surviving infant is whose widow?

5. What was bothering the Padre as he read aloud from the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident of Ram, the sepoy , Fleury and Chloe in Chapter 27.

2. Who does Dr. McNab ask to look after the Collector and what transpires during that time?

3. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

4. What are some of the desperate measures the people take to obtain food?

5. What does Dr. McNab refer to as having been successful in the treatment of cholera which alarms the onlookers?

6. What is the Collector sitting on and what is he discussing with the Padre in Chapter 31?

7. What happens to Harry and Fleury years after the siege?

8. What has happened to the Collector's leather goods and clothing and notepaper?

9. What does the collector do when he finds out what Rayne has been up to?

10. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

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