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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the escaped monkey still wearing?

2. What are Barlow and Mohammed ordered to do?

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

4. Who had the Ten Commandments translated into the vernacular and chiseled in stones by the roadside?

5. Who saved Fleury at the last moment when he was waiting for a sepoy to pierce him with a sabre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the enemy attacks swarming from the melon beds?

2. What three men do the Padre and the Collector have to bury and what is the problem concerning the burial?

3. What indicated the first sign of trouble in Krishnapur and what year was it?

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

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

6. What did the Padre complain about?

7. What animals are lying in the shadows of the church?

8. What are some military procedures which Harry instructs his men in?

9. What new invention does the Collector contemplate using in the defense of the cantonment and what is it a forerunner of?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the author's use of symbolism using the rose in the Collector's lapel an the animals taking shelter from the heat as examples. What do they symbolise?

2) Describe how Harry helps the men with their military procedures. What does he teach them.

3) Describe examples of animals and nature the Padre uses to exemplify God's grand design. Do you find some of these a bit comical?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe Fleury's and his sister, Louise's time in Calcutta before they continue on to Krishnapur. What is the social scene like in Calcutta?

2) What happens to Harry in the bazaar on his way to Krishnapur?

3) What is Harry afraid of ? What frightens Fleury?

Choose two of the three questions to answer.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe the final attack on the Residency. What are some of the comical moments which take place during this attack?

2) Describe Fleury's reaction to hearing the singing of prayers and the tolling of bells floating over the plain. What does he ponder while listening to the beauty of the singing?

3) Who ends up married to whom after the siege is over and life returns to normal?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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