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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hari , the Maharajah's son, sit on?
(a) silk pillows.
(b) a marble throne.
(c) a chair made completely of antlers.
(d) a throne embedded with precious gems.

2. What kind of rifles were propped up against the balustrade?
(a) Enfield rifles.
(b) Sheffield rifles.
(c) rifles with bayonets.
(d) 22 calibre rifles.

3. What is George Fleury's sister's name?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Helen.
(c) Louise.
(d) Lucy.

4. Who had formed the habit of sleeping clasped in each other's arms?
(a) Louise and MIriam.
(b) the O'Hanlon sisters.
(c) Dr. and Mrs. Dunstaple.
(d) the Collector's two eldest daughters.

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

6. Who did Fleury tease about her dimples to make Louise jealous?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Fanny.

7. What was the name of the Padre's mother?
(a) Mrs. Hadley.
(b) Mrs. Harvey.
(c) Mrs. Hampton.
(d) Mrs. Barlow.

8. What is a daguerreotype?
(a) an early form of printing.
(b) an early form of photograph.
(c) a daily printed journal.
(d) the colony's newspaper.

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

10. Which of the men had invented a two-pronged spear, "the Eradicator"?
(a) Cutter.
(b) Lieutenant Peterson.
(c) Fleury.
(d) Harry.

11. What does the Collector do after spending some time in his study?
(a) He goes to the church to speak with the Padre.
(b) He goes to encourage the men in Dunstaple's battery.
(c) He goes to comfort the women in the billiard room.
(d) He goes to the banqueting hall for dinner.

12. Who arrives wounded in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) the Collector.
(b) the general.
(c) Dr. McNab.
(d) the Magistrate.

13. What were the two fat Sikhs chewing in this chapter?
(a) pan.
(b) chapatis.
(c) tobacco.
(d) Kabul grapes.

14. What is Harry afraid of?
(a) snakes.
(b) cholera.
(c) a native uprising.
(d) pariah dogs.

15. What happened to Fleury when he became excited?
(a) He hummed under his breath.
(b) He twiddled his thumbs.
(c) His left eye twitched.
(d) He sweated copiously.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for Mr. Hopkins?

2. What does Louise sew for Fleury for his birthday present?

3. What do the British call the native servants?

4. What does the Collector help the Padre do?

5. In what part of India is Krishnapur located?

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