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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is chapatis?
(a) a bread made of course flour the thickness of a biscuit.
(b) nut meats given as gifts.
(c) salad made with local vegetables.
(d) a local fruit.

2. What do the Magistrate and the local people argue about?
(a) the British occupation of India.
(b) the yearly flood of the river.
(c) Mohammedanism versus Hinduism.
(d) the pariah dogs.

3. What is a daguerreotype?
(a) a daily printed journal.
(b) an early form of photograph.
(c) an early form of printing.
(d) the colony's newspaper.

4. Who do Harry and Fleury set out into the town to rescue?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Louise.
(c) Dr. Dunstaple.
(d) Lucy.

5. What does a man ask Harry to do as he passes through a bazaar?
(a) give him directions to the cantonment.
(b) help his sick mother to get to a doctor.
(c) give him some money for food.
(d) help a drunken English lady claiming she wants to kill herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears in one of the rooms of the palace to the embarrassment of Hari?

2. Dr. Dunstaple makes fun of what native practice that Dr. McNab uses?

3. What area do the British assign Major Hogan to defend?

4. What one person besides the poorest natives in Krishnapur ate the melons?

5. What topic does the Magistrate lecture about?

(see the answer key)

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