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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who shot sparrows and made a curry from them?
(a) Mr. Simmons.
(b) Mr. Ford.
(c) Mr. Rayne.
(d) Mr. Worseley.
2. What change had come over Lucy since the cockchafer episode?
(a) She had become more demanding of attention.
(b) She became nasty to everyone for no reason.
(c) She wanted more than ever to commit suicide.
(d) She had become placid as a Madonna.
3. What was Miriam's married name?
(a) Mrs. Lang.
(b) Mrs. Ledbetter.
(c) Mrs. Logan.
(d) Mrs. Little.
4. What shocked the Collector when he looked in the mirror?
(a) Much of his hair had fallen out.
(b) His face was covered with red boils.
(c) His beard was sprouting red hairs.
(d) His teeth were very dark brown.
5. What did Lucy want to eat?
(a) tea cakes.
(b) fruit and cheese.
(c) scones.
(d) vegetables and meat.
6. What child died of a sunstroke?
(a) Mary Ann Potts.
(b) Mary Potter.
(c) Mary Painter.
(d) Liza Porter.
7. Who brings word that the relieving force has arrived?
(a) Lieutenant Stapleton.
(b) Fleury.
(c) Ram.
(d) Harry.
8. How does Fleury confuse the sepoys?
(a) by shouting orders in the vernacular.
(b) by twirling his sabre around quickly.
(c) by pouring water on them.
(d) by throwing a blanket over them.
9. Which of the women does Dr. McNab ask to care for the ailing Collector?
(a) the Collector's eldest daughter.
(b) Louise.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Lucy.
10. What people were assumed to be immune to cholera?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Moslems.
(c) Hindus.
(d) Jews.
11. What finally happened to Harry?
(a) He stayed in India and was killed by a tiger.
(b) He returned to London and became very wealthy.
(c) He returned to London and wrote a book about the siege.
(d) He became a General and married Lucy.
12. How did the ladies in the billiards room try to cover the horrible odor?
(a) sprinkled cinnamon around the room.
(b) kept a small fire burning and occasionally burned camphor.
(c) put a lot of lavendar toilet water on themselves.
(d) opened the windows to let in the fresh air.
13. Where did Fleury and the Collector meet in the late seventies?
(a) Pall Mall.
(b) St. James.
(c) Barclay Square.
(d) Hyde Park.
14. What did the ladies battle over in the auction?
(a) tea.
(b) a fine tooth comb to remove lice.
(c) lavendar toilet water.
(d) sugar.
15. Why does Fleury order Chloe killed?
(a) Chloe is carrying diseases.
(b) Chloe is suffering terribly from starvation and will die anyway.
(c) Chloe eats the dead sepoy's face.
(d) They can no longer feed Chloe because of lack of food.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Hookum Singh?
2. What was "mendy"?
3. What happened to Fleury and Louise?
4. What has happened to Hari during his confinement in the tiger house?
5. What does the Collector discuss with the Padre in the beginning of Chapter 31?
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