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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appears in one of the rooms of the palace to the embarrassment of Hari?
(a) a large spider.
(b) an escaped cow.
(c) a local prostitute.
(d) a monkey.

2. What object was crucial to the morale of the garrison?
(a) the marble bust of Socrates
(b) the canon
(c) the Union Jack
(d) the Enfield rifle

3. Who sent a letter to Lucy begging her to come to the Residency for safety?
(a) the Collector.
(b) Fleury.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Louise.

4. Who do Harry and Fleury ride to warn telling them to come to the Residency for safety?
(a) the opium factory workers.
(b) the soldiers.
(c) the indigo farmers.
(d) the Maharajah and his son Hari.

5. What was the physical manifestation of the Collector's grieving mind?
(a) the burned out bungalows.
(b) the graves he digs.
(c) his shattered and dissheveled bedroom.
(d) the piles of British possessions in the billiard room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was shattering the Collector's nerves in Chapter 10?

2. Who was Jackson?

3. What does the Collector help the Padre do?

4. What was the escaped monkey still wearing?

5. Who disagrees with the Padre's view of God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indicated the first sign of trouble in Krishnapur and what year was it?

2. What smell awakens the Collector in the night?

3. What are some of the Collector's beloved objects in his study?

4. Who rides out to warn the Indigo farmers to join the others in the Residency and why?

5. Where is Hari kept and what does he say he'll never do?

6. What kind of father is the Collector? Give examples.

7. What animals are lying in the shadows of the church?

8. Who were the new arrivals in Krishnapur in Part 1, Chapter 2 and why were they so warmly welcomed?

9. What is the yearly disagreement between the Magistrate and the local farmers?

10. Who do Harry and Fleury go back to try to save and what is the outcome?

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