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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 does a man ask Harry to do as he passes through a bazaar?
(a) give him some money for food.
(b) give him directions to the cantonment.
(c) help his sick mother to get to a doctor.
(d) help a drunken English lady claiming she wants to kill herself.

2. What did the ladies battle over in the auction?
(a) a fine tooth comb to remove lice.
(b) sugar.
(c) tea.
(d) lavendar toilet water.

3. What did Dr. Dunstaple look like?
(a) medium-build, with an athletic body.
(b) fat, his legs looking too short for his round body.
(c) thin and intellectual.
(d) large and imposing.

4. How does Dr. Dunstaple say cholera is transmitted?
(a) by damp air.
(b) by kissing.
(c) by rice water.
(d) through blood transfusions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Hari during his confinement in the tiger house?

2. What was the physical manifestation of the Collector's grieving mind?

3. What do the community members keep with them at all times during the cholera epidemic?

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

5. The Collector oversleeps in the beginning of Chapter 10 but who made the round of the defenses in his place?

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