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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the hospital staff sterilize their equipment between patients?
(a) They use an autoclave.
(b) They dip the tools in rubbing alcohol.
(c) They don't.
(d) They boil the tools.

5. How do the Burmese treat the narrator?
(a) They are openly violent at times.
(b) They are respectful and grateful to him.
(c) They harass and insult him whenever they can.
(d) They are respectful to his face, but sneer at him behind his back.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator call the hospital?

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

5. Of what religion is the prisoner in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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