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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was there a massacre when the Magistrate was visiting the farmers and discussing the flooding of the river?
(a) Calcutta.
(b) Captainganj.
(c) the Punjab.
(d) Delhi.

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

4. What were the money lenders known as?
(a) infidels.
(b) khansamahs.
(c) bunniahs.
(d) pariahs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Collector mused about the qualities of what insects at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

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

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

5. What is the name of cemeteries in Krishnapur?

(see the answer key)

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