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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. The Collector oversleeps in the beginning of Chapter 10 but who made the round of the defenses in his place?
(a) the Magistrate.
(b) Harry.
(c) Fleury.
(d) the Padre.

2. What does the Magistrate decide to do for the native Christians during the expected siege?
(a) give them a certificate stating their loyalty to the Residency.
(b) give them guns to protect themselves.
(c) give them food.
(d) take them into the cantonment.

3. The Collector mused about the qualities of what insects at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) bees.
(b) mosquitoes.
(c) ants.
(d) cockroaches.

4. What did the other ladies of the Residency resent regarding Lucy?
(a) that she was better educated.
(b) that she was prettier than they were.
(c) that she was allowed to sleep in the Billiard room.
(d) that she wore such scant clothing.

5. What is the name of the Spaniel traveling with the new British arrivals in the colony?
(a) Zoe.
(b) Chloe.
(c) Curly.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell does the Collector awake to?

2. In what part of India is Krishnapur located?

3. Who had formed the habit of sleeping clasped in each other's arms?

4. What does Fleury lecture prince Hari about?

5. What does the Collector do after spending some time in his study?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the Maharajah's son, Hari, put on a show of being British?

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

5. What did the Padre complain about?

6. What worry about her brother does Louise confide in Miriam?

7. What are some of the wonders of nature which the Padre mentions while extolling God?

8. What does the Padre do during this attack in Chapter 10?

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

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

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