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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the other ladies of the Residency resent regarding Lucy?
(a) that she was better educated.
(b) that she was allowed to sleep in the Billiard room.
(c) that she was prettier than they were.
(d) that she wore such scant clothing.

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

3. Who sent a letter to Lucy begging her to come to the Residency for safety?
(a) Louise.
(b) the Collector.
(c) Fleury.
(d) Miriam.

4. The Collector mused about the qualities of what insects at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) ants.
(b) bees.
(c) mosquitoes.
(d) cockroaches.

5. Who was Barlow?
(a) a lieutenant in the cantonment.
(b) the taciturn man from the Salt agency.
(c) a visiting dignitary.
(d) the Magistrate's English manservant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Collector wear which symbolized his attempt to exhibit culture and inspiration to the besieged residents?

2. What did the Collector allow to remain standing near the cantonment ramparts?

3. Who did Fleury tease about her dimples to make Louise jealous?

4. Who had the Ten Commandments translated into the vernacular and chiseled in stones by the roadside?

5. What did the Padre complain about that was being done in the church?

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