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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 did the other ladies of the Residency resent regarding Lucy?

2. What does Fleury lecture prince Hari about?

3. Who was Barlow?

4. Who was Jackson?

5. What appears in one of the rooms of the palace to the embarrassment of Hari?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Hari do to Fleury?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Two babies are born in the beginning of August. Which baby survives? What is it named? Who becomes its godfather?

2) What does the Collector do that is an affront to social protocol? This action by the Collector results in which character disappearing?

3) What clever suggestion does Harry come up with to help defend the Residency? Describe how it is implemented.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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 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.

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