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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 the crowd's reaction to the prisoner's chant?
(a) They try to help him escape.
(b) They begin to feel some compassion for him.
(c) It doesn't seem to have an effect on them.
(d) They want him to die quickly.

2. Where is the narrator working?
(a) Australia.
(b) Japan.
(c) India.
(d) Burma.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the elephant come from?

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

3. How is the prisoner going to be executed?

4. How is the Burmese jail described?

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

(see the answer key)

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