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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Harry and Fleury go back to try and save?
(a) Michael Schleissner .
(b) Lieutenant Peterson.
(c) Mr. Simmons.
(d) Mr. Rose.

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

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

4. What is Louise able to make for them to eat to celebrate Fleury's birthday?
(a) a pudding.
(b) some cookies.
(c) some scones.
(d) a cake.

5. What had been planned militarily for Tuesday, July 7th?
(a) reinforcing the ramparts of the Residency.
(b) a surprise attack with canon against the sepoys.
(c) springing Cutter's mine beneath the sepoy positions.
(d) dispersing the watching native crowd with canon shot.

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

7. What do the Padre and Vokins do to help during the siege?
(a) man the rifles.
(b) gather metal objects for the cannon.
(c) serve the ammunition.
(d) sponge.

8. What is the name of cemeteries in Krishnapur?
(a) "Heavenly Abodes".
(b) "Peaceful Destinations".
(c) "Eternal Resting Places".
(d) "Cities of the Silent".

9. What is another name for Mr. Hopkins?
(a) the Administrator.
(b) the Magistrate.
(c) the First Lieutenant.
(d) the Collector.

10. 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 storing of grain and powder at the back of the church.
(c) letting animals take shelter there.
(d) the use of the church as a hospital.

11. What appears in one of the rooms of the palace to the embarrassment of Hari?
(a) a large spider.
(b) a local prostitute.
(c) a monkey.
(d) an escaped cow.

12. What animals had lived where Hari and the Prime Minister were now kept?
(a) goats
(b) bullocks..
(c) horses.
(d) tigers.

13. What do the Collector and Miriam take a tour of?
(a) the local bazaar.
(b) the Maharajah's gardens.
(c) a local mosque.
(d) the opium factory.

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

15. Who do Harry and Fleury set out into the town to rescue?
(a) Dr. Dunstaple.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Louise.
(d) Miriam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area do the British assign Major Hogan to defend?

2. What worries Louise about Harry?

3. What does the Collector help the Padre do?

4. Who had formed the habit of sleeping clasped in each other's arms?

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

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