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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Louise about Harry?
(a) his lack of culture.
(b) the chances he takes in battle.
(c) his ill health.
(d) his interest in Lucy.

2. What happened to cause the sepoy attack to be repulsed?
(a) Native Christians, Eurasians and Sikhs helped the British.
(b) The superior weaponery of the British prevailed.
(c) Paperwork from the Cutcherry rained from the sky like snow.
(d) The monsoon rains began, blinding the sepoys.

3. What kind of rifles were propped up against the balustrade?
(a) 22 calibre rifles.
(b) Sheffield rifles.
(c) Enfield rifles.
(d) rifles with bayonets.

4. What happened to Fleury when he became excited?
(a) His left eye twitched.
(b) He twiddled his thumbs.
(c) He sweated copiously.
(d) He hummed under his breath.

5. Who was the only one paying attention as Harry explained how to shoot the rifles?
(a) Barlow.
(b) the Collector.
(c) the Padre.
(d) Fleury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the holes dug slant-wise in the ground and filled with powder and stones called?

2. What are Barlow and Mohammed ordered to do?

3. Who sent a letter to Lucy begging her to come to the Residency for safety?

4. Where did the ladies stoutly refuse to move to when they were asked to leave the billiard room?

5. Who arrives wounded in Part 1, Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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