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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 wasn't the priest able to do because of the many people dying of cholera?
(a) keep his faith.
(b) hold church services.
(c) pray individually with the dying.
(d) perform funerals.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the community members keep with them at all times during the cholera epidemic?

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

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

5. Which of the corpses should be buried in a different area than the others?

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