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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is used to help load the brass cannons?
(a) forks.
(b) women's stockings.
(c) a dusting of flour.
(d) a bit of grease.
2. What do so-called amative characteristics exemplify according to phrenology?
(a) characteristics of goodwill to mankind.
(b) characteristics of sexual love.
(c) characteristics of a poetic nature.
(d) characteristics of romantic love.
3. Who is shot and dies in Chapter 30?
(a) the Magistrate.
(b) Simmons.
(c) Ford.
(d) Rayne.
4. Why did the Collector sit for a long time contemplating his boots?
(a) The laces were missing.
(b) They were falling apart and couldn't be worn.
(c) They were covered with green mold.
(d) They sorely needed polishing.
5. Where did the ladies stoutly refuse to move to when they were asked to leave the billiard room?
(a) the banqueting hall.
(b) Dr. Dunstaple's house.
(c) the church.
(d) the stable.
6. Fleury barters precious belongings in exchange for what for Louise's birthday?
(a) two lumps of sugar.
(b) chapatis.
(c) extra flour.
(d) sugar biscuits.
7. What happens to the Collector in Chapter 19?
(a) He and the Padre finally become close friends.
(b) His eye becomes more inflamed and he becomes ill.
(c) He becomes closer to his children.
(d) He declares his love for Miriam.
8. How much longer does the Collector estimate the food will last?
(a) another month or two.
(b) about a week.
(c) another two or three weeks.
(d) another two or three days.
9. Chloe detects a sepoy, and because Fleury doesn't have his rifle with him, who ends up shooting the sepoy?
(a) Ram.
(b) the Collector.
(c) the Magistrate.
(d) Harry.
10. Who is helping Dr. McNab in Chapter 30?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Mrs. Dunstaple.
(d) Louise.
11. What has happened to Hari during his confinement in the tiger house?
(a) His personal hygiene has declined.
(b) He wants to join forces with the British to fight in the siege.
(c) He has become delirious.
(d) He has become homesick for his father, the Maharajah.
12. Who took over the Commissariat from Mr. Rayne?
(a) Mr. Ford.
(b) Mr. Schleissner..
(c) Mr. Rose.
(d) Mr. Simmons.
13. What did Dr. McNab say the Collector suffered from?
(a) scarlet fever.
(b) erysipelas.
(c) cholera.
(d) dysentery.
14. What was used to fan the O'Hanlons back to consciousness?
(a) a poetry magazine.
(b) the Illustrated Calcutta News.
(c) the Bible.
(d) the Illustrated London News.
15. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was one of the characteristics of the black bugs called cockchafers?
2. How does Dr. Dunstaple say cholera is transmitted?
3. What child died of a sunstroke?
4. What did the Collector shout from the window while watching the siege?
5. What does Fleury find beautiful in the morning in Chapter 30?
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