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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 physical manifestation of the Collector's grieving mind?

2. What do the Collector and Miriam take a tour of?

3. What do the Padre and Vokins do to help during the siege?

4. What is Harry afraid of?

5. Who sent a letter to Lucy begging her to come to the Residency for safety?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are some of the ominous signs of future danger in Chapter 8?

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

10. What does the Padre do during this attack in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the plain the travelers to Krishnapur pass through. What are the landscape, the buildings, and the animals like?

2) Describe the Krishnapur Poetry Society. How are the women and their poetry treated by the Magistrate? The Collector?

3) What makes the Collector suspect future danger for the cantonment and what does he do about it?

Choose two of the three topics to write about.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Describe Fleury's invention. What is it called? Is it successful?

2) Whom do Fleury and Harry go back to try to save? Are they successful? What about a locket?

3) Describe Fleury's birthday celebration. What does Louise make as a present for him?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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