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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the noise Miriam heard when she returned to the Collector's bedside?
(a) gun shot.
(b) frogs.
(c) canon fire.
(d) rain.

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

3. What does Fleury find beautiful in the morning in Chapter 30?
(a) the sunrise over the river.
(b) the singing of prayers.
(c) Louise, his beloved.
(d) flowers growing near the ramparts.

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

5. The woman who bears the surviving infant is whose widow?
(a) the widow of an English servant.
(b) the widow of a lieutenant.
(c) the widow of a Sikh.
(d) the widow of a railway engineer.

6. Why did the Collector sit for a long time contemplating his boots?
(a) The laces were missing.
(b) They sorely needed polishing.
(c) They were falling apart and couldn't be worn.
(d) They were covered with green mold.

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

8. Which of the women does Dr. McNab ask to care for the ailing Collector?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Louise.
(c) Miriam.
(d) the Collector's eldest daughter.

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

10. What did Miriam speak of which shocked Louise?
(a) Mr. Hopkin's natural functions.
(b) the boils the women were getting.
(c) the smell of urine.
(d) the possibility of the women being raped during the siege.

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

12. Fleury was composing a poem about whom in Chapter 20?
(a) the Collector.
(b) Mary Porter.
(c) Louise.
(d) Lucy.

13. What does Hari give the Collector as a parting gift when he is freed?
(a) a peacock feather.
(b) his book on phrenology.
(c) a silk handkerchief.
(d) a poem he had written during his confinement.

14. How does Fleury confuse the sepoys?
(a) by throwing a blanket over them.
(b) by twirling his sabre around quickly.
(c) by pouring water on them.
(d) by shouting orders in the vernacular.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hookum Singh?

2. What do the community members keep with them at all times during the cholera epidemic?

3. What was one of the characteristics of the black bugs called cockchafers?

4. When the Collector gets old he rarely stirs from his club located where?

5. What did Fleury buy from one of the artillery women for ten pounds?

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