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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were killed by the elephant while it was rampaging?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

2. How is the Burmese jail described?
(a) Old and musty.
(b) Wet and unsanitary.
(c) Spacious and institutional.
(d) Small and dank.

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

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) The angry crowd doesn't really give him a choice.
(d) Because he wants to collect the reward.

5. What creature intervenes as the prisoner is being led to his execution?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A stray cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator leave the hospital?

2. What is the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?

3. Where do the magistrates and police convene after the prisoner's death?

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

5. In principle, with whom does the narrator side?

(see the answer key)

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