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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 are Barlow and Mohammed ordered to do?
(a) load the cannon.
(b) take up positions on the veranda with rifles.
(c) take up sponge and ramrod.
(d) protect the women.

2. Why did the Collector go to the roof of the banqueting hall?
(a) to be alone with his thoughts.
(b) to have a look at the river.
(c) to get some much needed fresh air.
(d) to survey the cantonment.

3. What is Harry afraid of?
(a) cholera.
(b) a native uprising.
(c) snakes.
(d) pariah dogs.

4. What was the name of the Collector's English manservant?
(a) Vokins.
(b) Blakely.
(c) Smith.
(d) Higgins.

5. What was the escaped monkey still wearing?
(a) a little sailor suit.
(b) a sailor hat.
(c) a chain around its ankle.
(d) a ribbon around its neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saved Fleury at the last moment when he was waiting for a sepoy to pierce him with a sabre?

2. The native Christians sat with their backs against what trees?

3. What happened to Fleury when he became excited?

4. What do the Padre and Vokins do to help during the siege?

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

(see the answer key)

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