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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 does the Collector help the Padre do?
(a) dig graves.
(b) sermonize.
(c) load the canon with metal objects.
(d) man the Enfield rifles.

2. What was the name of the Padre's mother?
(a) Mrs. Hampton.
(b) Mrs. Hadley.
(c) Mrs. Barlow.
(d) Mrs. Harvey.

3. Who do Harry and Fleury set out into the town to rescue?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Louise.
(c) Dr. Dunstaple.
(d) Miriam.

4. What animals had lived where Hari and the Prime Minister were now kept?
(a) horses.
(b) bullocks..
(c) tigers.
(d) goats

5. What are Barlow and Mohammed ordered to do?
(a) take up positions on the veranda with rifles.
(b) protect the women.
(c) load the cannon.
(d) take up sponge and ramrod.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which room was the Collector's favorite room and why?

2. Who was the only one paying attention as Harry explained how to shoot the rifles?

3. What do the Magistrate and the local people argue about?

4. Who was Barlow?

5. What kind of rifles were propped up against the balustrade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the names of the Collector's eldest daughters and what do they do each day which annoys him?

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

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

4. What smell awakens the Collector in the night?

5. What are some military procedures which Harry instructs his men in?

6. What had Dr. McNab done which particularly annoyed Dr. Dunstaple?

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

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

9. What are some of the ominous signs of future danger in Chapter 8?

10. What happens to Harry in the bazaar on his journey to Krishnapur?

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