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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. Fleury was composing a poem about whom in Chapter 20?
(a) Louise.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Mary Porter.
(d) the Collector.

2. What happened to cause the sepoy attack to be repulsed?
(a) The monsoon rains began, blinding the sepoys.
(b) Native Christians, Eurasians and Sikhs helped the British.
(c) Paperwork from the Cutcherry rained from the sky like snow.
(d) The superior weaponery of the British prevailed.

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

4. Which of the women does Dr. McNab ask to care for the ailing Collector?
(a) Lucy.
(b) the Collector's eldest daughter.
(c) Louise.
(d) Miriam.

5. Why did the Collector go to the roof of the banqueting hall?
(a) to survey the cantonment.
(b) to have a look at the river.
(c) to be alone with his thoughts.
(d) to get some much needed fresh air.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took over the Commissariat from Mr. Rayne?

2. What sensible idea did Harry Dunstaple come up with?

3. What fascinates the Magistrate about Lucy?

4. Why does Fleury order Chloe killed?

5. What was one of the characteristics of the black bugs called cockchafers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

2. At the end of Chapter 29 what does the Collector read about in the phrenology book and what does he eat on the way downstairs?

3. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

4. What is wrong with the Collector's health in Chapter 19?

5. What happens on September 12th and why can't the British destroy the enemy's magazine cache?

6. What desperate measure do the people take out of extreme hunger?

7. What condition does the Collector find Hari in when he visits him in the tiger house?

8. What are some of the desperate measures the people take to obtain food?

9. What does Fleury hear in the morning which he finds beautiful? What is Ram's comment on this and Fleury's thought about it?

10. What ingenious idea does Harry come up with to deal with the thick vegetation encroaching on the edges of the defenses?

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