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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 does Hari do to further his study of phrenology?

2. What did Dr. Dunstaple look like?

3. What animals had lived where Hari and the Prime Minister were now kept?

4. What smell does the Collector awake to?

5. What were the names of the Collector's daughters who watched him through the telescope?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What smell awakens the Collector in the night?

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

4. What are the names of the Collector's eldest daughters and what do they do each day which annoys him?

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

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

7. What happens in the Collector's study when he returns there?

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

9. What did the Padre complain about?

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) Write about the symbol of Chloe in comparison to the pariah dogs. How does Chloe change and does it mirror the change in the British

residents during the siege?

2) What is the view of women held by the men of the Residency? This is a typical point of view during the Victorian era.

3) What is the positive transformation which takes place in the characters of Harry and Fleury during the siege?

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) 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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