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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 did Miriam speak of which shocked Louise?
(a) the smell of urine.
(b) the boils the women were getting.
(c) Mr. Hopkin's natural functions.
(d) the possibility of the women being raped during the siege.

2. Who does the Collector embrace on the stairs?
(a) Louise.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Lucy.
(d) his daughter Eliza.

3. What happened to cause the sepoy attack to be repulsed?
(a) The superior weaponery of the British prevailed.
(b) Paperwork from the Cutcherry rained from the sky like snow.
(c) The monsoon rains began, blinding the sepoys.
(d) Native Christians, Eurasians and Sikhs helped the British.

4. What happens to the Collector in Chapter 19?
(a) He becomes closer to his children.
(b) He and the Padre finally become close friends.
(c) His eye becomes more inflamed and he becomes ill.
(d) He declares his love for Miriam.

5. What worries Louise about Harry?
(a) his interest in Lucy.
(b) his ill health.
(c) his lack of culture.
(d) the chances he takes in battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took over the Commissariat from Mr. Rayne?

2. What was the name of the Collector's beloved, deceased dog?

3. What did the Collector shout from the window while watching the siege?

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

5. What is chapatis?

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