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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 one person besides the poorest natives in Krishnapur ate the melons?
(a) the Collector.
(b) Harry.
(c) the Magistrate.
(d) Lieutenant Cutter.

2. What do the British call the native servants?
(a) Ape and Dog.
(b) Fly and Vulture.
(c) Beast and Grasshopper.
(d) Ant and Monkey.

3. What is a new arrival in the colony called?
(a) an ignoramus.
(b) a greenhorn.
(c) a griffin.
(d) an untested one.

4. How did Abdallah try to cheer up the Magistrate?
(a) by telling him an entertaining Sufi tale.
(b) by telling him that the Bristish were a superior race.
(c) by telling him a Mohammedan joke against the Hindus.
(d) by reassuring him that the British were safe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was there a massacre when the Magistrate was visiting the farmers and discussing the flooding of the river?

2. What do the Magistrate and the local people argue about?

3. What do the Collector and Miriam take a tour of?

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

5. What is the name of cemeteries in Krishnapur?

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