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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the nurses in the hospital described?
(a) Incapable and unsanitary.
(b) The hospital had no nurses, only a few overburdened doctors.
(c) Compassionate, but incompetent.
(d) Capable, but uncaring.

2. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?
(a) On the side of town opposite the gallows.
(b) Close to the location of the corpse.
(c) At the local tavern.
(d) They don't convene, they all go to their own homes.

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

4. What does the prisoner begin to chant as he walks?
(a) The name of the god, Ram.
(b) Nonsense words.
(c) The names of his family members.
(d) A Hindu prayer for salvation.

5. What treatment is described as a spectator sport on the ward?
(a) The application of mustard poultices.
(b) Leeching.
(c) Cupping.
(d) Cold baths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the magistrates and police do after the prisoner's death?

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

3. How is the Burmese jail described?

4. Why does the narrator eventually shoot the elephant?

5. How does the elephant die?

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