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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) pray individually with the dying.
(c) hold church services.
(d) perform funerals.

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

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

4. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?
(a) Union Jack.
(b) black.
(c) red..
(d) white.

5. The two giant marble busts that Harry dragged to each side of the cannon were of whom?
(a) Plato and Socrates.
(b) Aristotle and Homer.
(c) Voltaire and Baudelaire.
(d) Shakespeare and Hugo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jackson?

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

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

4. What beliefs does the Padre expound upon?

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

(see the answer key)

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