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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. What kind of treatment mentioned by Dr. McNab alarms the crowd?
(a) Chinese acupuncture.
(b) blood letting.
(c) voodoo.
(d) Hindu sacrifice of animals.

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

3. What did the other ladies of the Residency resent regarding Lucy?
(a) that she wore such scant clothing.
(b) that she was allowed to sleep in the Billiard room.
(c) that she was prettier than they were.
(d) that she was better educated.

4. Who was Jackson?
(a) the soldier who had been singing about the Crimea.
(b) the Padre's favorite parishoner.
(c) an indigo farmer who died during the siege.
(d) Dr. Dunstaple's nephew.

5. What was the physical manifestation of the Collector's grieving mind?
(a) the piles of British possessions in the billiard room.
(b) his shattered and dissheveled bedroom.
(c) the graves he digs.
(d) the burned out bungalows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was shattering the Collector's nerves in Chapter 10?

2. Who was Barlow?

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

4. What spirit does Fleury believe his century is based upon?

5. What was bothering the Padre as he read aloud from the Bible?

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