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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did Mr. Ford notice among the returning sepoys?
(a) the armies of several maharajahs.
(b) native farmers who had joined themselves to the sepoys.
(c) several squadrons of lancers, trailing the green flag of Islam.
(d) several groups of defecting Eurasians and native Christians.

2. The Collector opens Hari's phrenology book to the section on what subject?
(a) sexuality.
(b) hope.
(c) faith.
(d) charity.

3. What was the other name the dead lieutenant was known by?
(a) Springer.
(b) Foxlett.
(c) Sharpshooter.
(d) Warfield.

4. When the Collector gets old he rarely stirs from his club located where?
(a) in St. James.
(b) in Picadilly.
(c) in St. Georges.
(d) in St. Marks.

5. What ladies is the Collector attracted to?
(a) ladies who are voluptuous.
(b) ladies who succumb to sleep in his presence.
(c) married ladies.
(d) ladies who speak up to him.

6. Who shot sparrows and made a curry from them?
(a) Mr. Rayne.
(b) Mr. Simmons.
(c) Mr. Ford.
(d) Mr. Worseley.

7. What do the Sikhs refuse to do?
(a) eat the same food as the Europeans.
(b) use pistols, preferring sabres.
(c) listen to the Padre's endless sermons.
(d) drink from the same water as the Europeans.

8. What has happened to Hari during his confinement in the tiger house?
(a) He wants to join forces with the British to fight in the siege.
(b) His personal hygiene has declined.
(c) He has become homesick for his father, the Maharajah.
(d) He has become delirious.

9. What is the name given to the surviving infant?
(a) Faith.
(b) Hope.
(c) Charity.
(d) Mercy.

10. Who became cold to Lucy after the cockchafer episode?
(a) the Eurasian women.
(b) Harry and Fleury.
(c) Miriam and Louise.
(d) the Collector and the Magistrate.

11. Who, besides Fleury, was affected deeply by the young orphan girl's death?
(a) Dr. McNab.
(b) Harry.
(c) Dr. Dunstaple.
(d) the Collector.

12. Who dragged the O'Hanlons away when they fainted?
(a) Fleury.
(b) Ram.
(c) Harry.
(d) the Collector.

13. What do the community members keep with them at all times during the cholera epidemic?
(a) their Last Will and Testament.
(b) their Birth Certificate.
(c) the Bible.
(d) a card with their preferred doctor written on it.

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

15. Why did the Collector go to the roof of the banqueting hall?
(a) to get some much needed fresh air.
(b) to have a look at the river.
(c) to be alone with his thoughts.
(d) to survey the cantonment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fleury find beautiful in the morning in Chapter 30?

2. What child died of a sunstroke?

3. Who brings word that the relieving force has arrived?

4. What kind of treatment mentioned by Dr. McNab alarms the crowd?

5. Who is shot and dies in Chapter 30?

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