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

3. What did the Collector call the Great Exhibition?
(a) the Grand Fiasco.
(b) Prince Albert's Folly.
(c) the World's Vanity Fair.
(d) a Preposterous Affair.

4. What change had come over Lucy since the cockchafer episode?
(a) She became nasty to everyone for no reason.
(b) She had become more demanding of attention.
(c) She had become placid as a Madonna.
(d) She wanted more than ever to commit suicide.

5. What does the Collector do when he returns to London?
(a) He marries an English noblewoman.
(b) He makes speeches about his time in India.
(c) He volunteers at the hospital.
(d) He cancels all memberships in societes he used to belong to.

6. What did the ladies battle over in the auction?
(a) a fine tooth comb to remove lice.
(b) lavendar toilet water.
(c) sugar.
(d) tea.

7. What does the Collector eat at the end of Chapter 29?
(a) a black beetle.
(b) an ant.
(c) a chapatis.
(d) a handful of dal.

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

9. What do so-called amative characteristics exemplify according to phrenology?
(a) characteristics of a poetic nature.
(b) characteristics of sexual love.
(c) characteristics of goodwill to mankind.
(d) characteristics of romantic love.

10. What sensible idea did Harry Dunstaple come up with?
(a) sacrifice a black goat to pacify the natives.
(b) planting the ramparts with foliage to secure them.
(c) getting all able-bodied men to shovel at the ramparts.
(d) firing chain shot.

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

12. Who is the mother of the baby who is born and survives in Chapter 23?
(a) Mrs. Wright.
(b) Mrs. Browning.
(c) Mrs. Bennett.
(d) Mrs. White.

13. Lucy had the ingenious idea of hanging a kettle over the fire from the leg of what piece of furniture?
(a) a gothic love seat made rosewood.
(b) a Victorian sofa .
(c) a Victorian chair of maple.
(d) a large gothic chair of oak.

14. Who dies, considered by the British and native defenders alike to be a hero?
(a) Lieutenant Cosgrove.
(b) Lieutenant Barkley.
(c) Lieutenant Hargreaves.
(d) Lieutenant Cutter.

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