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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't the British destroy the enemy's magazine cache?
(a) The canons no longer work.
(b) They've run out of enough ammunition.
(c) It's just out of reach.
(d) There aren't enough armed British to destroy the cache.

2. What is used to help load the brass cannons?
(a) women's stockings.
(b) a dusting of flour.
(c) a bit of grease.
(d) forks.

3. Who is helping Dr. McNab in Chapter 30?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Mrs. Dunstaple.
(d) Louise.

4. Who took over the Commissariat from Mr. Rayne?
(a) Mr. Simmons.
(b) Mr. Schleissner..
(c) Mr. Ford.
(d) Mr. Rose.

5. How did the ladies in the billiards room try to cover the horrible odor?
(a) kept a small fire burning and occasionally burned camphor.
(b) sprinkled cinnamon around the room.
(c) opened the windows to let in the fresh air.
(d) put a lot of lavendar toilet water on themselves.

6. Which psalm does the Padre read for the christening of the baby?
(a) the 119th Psalm.
(b) the 23rd Psalm.
(c) the 91st Psalm.
(d) the 116th Psalm.

7. What was one of the characteristics of the black bugs called cockchafers?
(a) They devoured any food in sight.
(b) They lent a sickening odor to anything they touched.
(c) They made a very loud buzzing sound.
(d) They had a painful sting.

8. What happened to Fleury and Louise?
(a) Louise married a barrister and Fleury remained single.
(b) They married each other and had a number of children.
(c) They parted and married other people.
(d) They both remained single for the rest of their lives.

9. What did the young men find disturbing about Lucy's naked body?
(a) her pubic hair.
(b) the impropriety of her nakedness.
(c) the whiteness of her skin.
(d) her vulnerability.

10. What does the Collector discuss with the Padre in the beginning of Chapter 31?
(a) death.
(b) the fate of the garrison.
(c) original Sin.
(d) the Great Exhibition.

11. What was used to fan the O'Hanlons back to consciousness?
(a) the Illustrated Calcutta News.
(b) a poetry magazine.
(c) the Illustrated London News.
(d) the Bible.

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

13. What did the Collector shout from the window while watching the siege?
(a) Charge men, charge the sepoys!
(b) Let us have tea on the lawn again!
(c) Man the canons, soldiers!
(d) Long live Britain, long live the Queen!

14. What wasn't the priest able to do because of the many people dying of cholera?
(a) perform funerals.
(b) pray individually with the dying.
(c) keep his faith.
(d) hold church services.

15. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?
(a) white.
(b) black.
(c) red..
(d) Union Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dragged the O'Hanlons away when they fainted?

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

3. What was the noise Miriam heard when she returned to the Collector's bedside?

4. Who is Hookum Singh?

5. What change had come over Lucy since the cockchafer episode?

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