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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 was the noise Miriam heard when she returned to the Collector's bedside?
(a) frogs.
(b) canon fire.
(c) gun shot.
(d) rain.

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

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

4. What happened to Fleury and Louise?
(a) They both remained single for the rest of their lives.
(b) They married each other and had a number of children.
(c) They parted and married other people.
(d) Louise married a barrister and Fleury remained single.

5. Who dragged the O'Hanlons away when they fainted?
(a) Ram.
(b) Fleury.
(c) Harry.
(d) the Collector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young men find disturbing about Lucy's naked body?

2. What does Dr. McNab think causes cholera?

3. Which of the women does Dr. McNab ask to care for the ailing Collector?

4. What finally kills the sepoy whom Fleury tried to strangle with a violin string?

5. How did the ladies in the billiards room try to cover the horrible odor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ford in Chapter 30 and what falls on the Collector?

2. What does the Collector do when he returns to London?

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

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

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

6. What happens to Harry and Fleury years after the siege?

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

8. What table is used for the altar for the Wright baby's Baptism?

9. What is the seeming snow from the sky which causes confusion to the enemy and allows the men to reload their cannons?

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

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