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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area do the British assign Major Hogan to defend?
(a) the riverbank and melon fields.
(b) Dunstaple's house, Cutcherry and rampart.
(c) the native town and the mosque.
(d) the church and graveyard.

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

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

4. The native Christians sat with their backs against what trees?
(a) beobab trees.
(b) palm trees.
(c) oak trees.
(d) tamarind trees.

5. Who does the Collector embrace on the stairs?
(a) Miriam.
(b) his daughter Eliza.
(c) Louise.
(d) Lucy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the escaped monkey still wearing?

2. What beliefs of the Magistrate have been eroded because of the siege?

3. What did the ladies battle over in the auction?

4. What is a new arrival in the colony called?

5. What was the name of the Collector's English manservant?

(see the answer key)

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