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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 two giant marble busts that Harry dragged to each side of the cannon were of whom?
(a) Voltaire and Baudelaire.
(b) Shakespeare and Hugo.
(c) Plato and Socrates.
(d) Aristotle and Homer.

2. What do the Collector and Miriam take a tour of?
(a) the opium factory.
(b) the Maharajah's gardens.
(c) a local mosque.
(d) the local bazaar.

3. Who had the Ten Commandments translated into the vernacular and chiseled in stones by the roadside?
(a) the Padre.
(b) Fleury.
(c) the Collector.
(d) the Judge at Fatehpur.

4. What was shattering the Collector's nerves in Chapter 10?
(a) the high, shrill voice of the Padre.
(b) the extreme heat.
(c) the sound of the jackals howling.
(d) the complaining of the women.

5. What is a daguerreotype?
(a) a daily printed journal.
(b) an early form of printing.
(c) an early form of photograph.
(d) the colony's newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the British call the native servants?

2. Who do Harry and Fleury set out into the town to rescue?

3. How did Abdallah try to cheer up the Magistrate?

4. What does Louise sew for Fleury for his birthday present?

5. How do the British men describe the upbringing of rich natives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plan Cutter puts into action on July 7th?

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

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

4. Whose birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16 and what does Louise make as a present?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens in the Collector's study when he returns there?

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