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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 name of the Padre's mother?

2. What does the Collector help the Padre do?

3. What was the name of the Collector's beloved, deceased dog?

4. Who arrives wounded in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. What did the Collector wear which symbolized his attempt to exhibit culture and inspiration to the besieged residents?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Padre ask the Sunday School children to do?

3. What are some of the wonders of nature which the Padre mentions while extolling God?

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

5. What smell awakens the Collector in the night?

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

7. What does Hari do to Fleury?

8. What is Hari interested in and what does he do to the Prime Minister to because of this interest?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the relationship of the Collector with his daughters. What is your opinion of him as a father?

2) Describe the situation of the ladies in the billiard room. How do they interact? How does the Collector view them when he visits the billiard room?

3) Describe Fleury's character. Do you find his poetic musings and views on religion sympathetic? Is he perhaps the most sensitive of the men considering his sympathy and interest in the Indians.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the friendship which has developed between Louise and Miriam. What do they discuss together? How are they similar? how different?

2) Describe Miriam''s relationship with the Collector and with Dr. McNab.

3) Describe the episode where the Chockchafer's cover Lucy and she strips naked. How do all the characters react to this incident?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) What are the two options presented in the novel concerning the distribution of food and rations . Which do you think is the better option?

2) How do Hari and how do the Magistrate attempt to prove the validity of phrenology. Whom do they choose to use in their experiments and

why?

3) How does Hari change during his confinement in the tiger house? Do you think it was moral to keep him there?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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