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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 fascinates the Magistrate about Lucy?
(a) her statuesque figure.
(b) her popularity with the men.
(c) her breasts.
(d) the back of her head.

2. What wasn't the priest able to do because of the many people dying of cholera?
(a) hold church services.
(b) keep his faith.
(c) perform funerals.
(d) pray individually with the dying.

3. How does Dr. Dunstaple say cholera is transmitted?
(a) by kissing.
(b) by damp air.
(c) through blood transfusions.
(d) by rice water.

4. What is used to help load the brass cannons?
(a) women's stockings.
(b) a dusting of flour.
(c) forks.
(d) a bit of grease.

5. What color were the flags flying in the cantonment in Chapter 25?
(a) Union Jack.
(b) black.
(c) white.
(d) red..

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Hari during his confinement in the tiger house?

2. What was Miriam's married name?

3. What is the name given to the surviving infant?

4. Who dies, considered by the British and native defenders alike to be a hero?

5. What was the other name the dead lieutenant was known by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Collector sitting on and what is he discussing with the Padre in Chapter 31?

2. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

3. When Fleury visits the Collector he thinks he has cholera but what does Dr. McNab say the Collector has?

4. What does the collector do when he finds out what Rayne has been up to?

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

6. What three characters in the novel die in Chapter 18?

7. Describe the incident of Ram, the sepoy , Fleury and Chloe in Chapter 27.

8. Why was the Magistrate fascinated with the back of Lucy's neck?

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

10. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

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