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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area do the British assign Major Hogan to defend?
(a) Dunstaple's house, Cutcherry and rampart.
(b) the native town and the mosque.
(c) the riverbank and melon fields.
(d) the church and graveyard.

2. What is a new arrival in the colony called?
(a) a greenhorn.
(b) a griffin.
(c) an untested one.
(d) an ignoramus.

3. What does Hari do to further his study of phrenology?
(a) shaves his own head and feels its contours.
(b) asks the Magistrate to explain prenology to him in detail.
(c) shaves the Prime Minister's head and marks it.
(d) writes a paper on what he had read of the subject.

4. What did the Collector allow to remain standing near the cantonment ramparts?
(a) the statue of a Hindu god.
(b) an opium factory.
(c) a Hindu temple.
(d) a mosque.

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

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

7. What did the Collector wear which symbolized his attempt to exhibit culture and inspiration to the besieged residents?
(a) a white cravat.
(b) lavendar cologne.
(c) a rose in his lapel.
(d) a hibiscus in his lapel.

8. What do the British call the native servants?
(a) Beast and Grasshopper.
(b) Ant and Monkey.
(c) Fly and Vulture.
(d) Ape and Dog.

9. What happens when the Collector is once more alone in his study after he has made the rounds?
(a) A musket ball ricochets across the room.
(b) He drinks a cup of Earl Gray tea.
(c) He kneels in prayer for the safety of the cantonment.
(d) Ludy knocks on his door requesting to speak with him.

10. What were some physical characteristics of Lucy?
(a) beautiful blue eyes and blond hair.
(b) large, sad eyes, dark hair, and perfect features.
(c) voluptuous figure and beautiful, long curly light brown hair.
(d) green eyes and red hair.

11. Who goes into labor at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Mrs. Dunstaple.
(b) Mrs. Vokins.
(c) Mrs. Scott.
(d) Mrs. Barlow.

12. Who saved Fleury at the last moment when he was waiting for a sepoy to pierce him with a sabre?
(a) the Collector.
(b) Harry.
(c) Vokins.
(d) Barlow.

13. What does Fleury attempt to retrieve for the dead man's wife?
(a) a lock of his hair.
(b) his locket.
(c) his pocket watch.
(d) his pocket bible.

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

15. What were the names of the Collector's daughters who watched him through the telescope?
(a) Eliza and Margaret.
(b) Elizabeth and Martha.
(c) Mary and Lisa.
(d) Grace and Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only one paying attention as Harry explained how to shoot the rifles?

2. What does Dr. Dunstaple call Dr. McNab?

3. How do the British men describe the upbringing of rich natives?

4. What did Dr. Dunstaple look like?

5. What is a daguerreotype?

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