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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this story, Burma is a colony of what empire?
(a) The Russian Empire.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) The Japanese Empire.
(d) The American Empire.

2. What illness does the narrator have, in Chapter 3?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. How is the prisoner behaving, as he is marching to his death?
(a) He walks with dignity.
(b) He tries to attack his guards and escape.
(c) He begs for mercy.
(d) He quietly attempts to bribe the guard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator leave the hospital?

2. What does the prisoner begin to chant as he walks?

3. In what country is the narrator, in Chapter 3?

4. Patients in the narrator's hospital are used for what?

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

(see the answer key)

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