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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator call the hospital?
(a) "Hopital X."
(b) "The Tomb."
(c) "Nurse Ratchet's wing."
(d) "L'hopital du mort."

3. What does the creature do as the prisoner is being led to his execution?
(a) Bites the executioner.
(b) Rampages through the crowd of spectators.
(c) Jumps up and tries to lick the prisoner's face.
(d) Stings the attending guard.

4. In what country is the narrator, in Chapter 3?
(a) England.
(b) Burma.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is a citizen of what country?

2. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?

3. What sort of bath does the hospital staff give the narrator?

4. What do the doctors in the narrator's hospital do?

5. Why does the narrator hesitate to kill the elephant?

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