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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dr. Dunstaple say cholera is transmitted?
(a) through blood transfusions.
(b) by kissing.
(c) by damp air.
(d) by rice water.

2. What do the community members keep with them at all times during the cholera epidemic?
(a) their Birth Certificate.
(b) their Last Will and Testament.
(c) the Bible.
(d) a card with their preferred doctor written on it.

3. Which of the corpses should be buried in a different area than the others?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Peterson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Donnelly.

4. The Collector oversleeps in the beginning of Chapter 10 but who made the round of the defenses in his place?
(a) Harry.
(b) the Magistrate.
(c) the Padre.
(d) Fleury.

5. What were the two fat Sikhs chewing in this chapter?
(a) Kabul grapes.
(b) tobacco.
(c) pan.
(d) chapatis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fleury thinking about as the Padre and the Collector dig graves and argue?

2. What wasn't the priest able to do because of the many people dying of cholera?

3. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?

4. Who was Jackson?

5. The two giant marble busts that Harry dragged to each side of the cannon were of whom?

(see the answer key)

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