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

2. What beliefs does the Padre expound upon?
(a) beliefs in the superiority of the British.
(b) German rationalist beliefs.
(c) beliefs about phrenology.
(d) beliefs in an afterlife.

3. 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.

4. Who was Barlow?
(a) the taciturn man from the Salt agency.
(b) the Magistrate's English manservant.
(c) a visiting dignitary.
(d) a lieutenant in the cantonment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dr. Dunstaple say cholera is transmitted?

2. What did the other ladies of the Residency resent regarding Lucy?

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

4. What kind of treatment mentioned by Dr. McNab alarms the crowd?

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

(see the answer key)

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