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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What spirit does Fleury believe his century is based upon?
(a) the spirit of rationalism.
(b) the spirit of science and invention.
(c) the spirit of the New Testament.
(d) the spirit of the Old Testament.

3. What was shattering the Collector's nerves in Chapter 10?
(a) the high, shrill voice of the Padre.
(b) the extreme heat.
(c) the complaining of the women.
(d) the sound of the jackals howling.

4. Who do Harry and Fleury ride to warn telling them to come to the Residency for safety?
(a) the Maharajah and his son Hari.
(b) the opium factory workers.
(c) the indigo farmers.
(d) the soldiers.

5. The native Christians sat with their backs against what trees?
(a) palm trees.
(b) oak trees.
(c) beobab trees.
(d) tamarind trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. McNab think causes cholera?

2. What does Fleury attempt to retrieve for the dead man's wife?

3. What disease did Fleury think the Collector had when he visited him?

4. What is George Fleury's sister's name?

5. What did the frog do in the Sanskrit poem the Collector remembers?

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