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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the frog do in the Sanskrit poem the Collector remembers?
(a) reclined beneath the hood of the cobra.
(b) buried itself in the cool mud.
(c) sang all night long.
(d) took itself to the refuge of the river during the hot spell.

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

3. What did the Padre complain about that was being done in the church?
(a) the use of the church for the poetry club.
(b) letting animals take shelter there.
(c) the storing of grain and powder at the back of the church.
(d) the use of the church as a hospital.

4. Who was in charge of the Commissariat?
(a) Harry.
(b) the Magistrate.
(c) the Collector.
(d) Mr. Rayne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There was talk of shooting what besides the dogs?

2. What is another name for Mr. Hopkins?

3. What is a daguerreotype?

4. What happens when the Collector is once more alone in his study after he has made the rounds?

5. What were the names of the Collector's daughters who watched him through the telescope?

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