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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. Who do Harry and Fleury ride to warn telling them to come to the Residency for safety?

2. Which of the corpses should be buried in a different area than the others?

3. What did the frog do in the Sanskrit poem the Collector remembers?

4. What were some physical characteristics of Lucy?

5. Who was in charge of the Commissariat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new technology does the Collector contemplate and why?

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

3. What smell awakens the Collector in the night?

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

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

6. Who were the new arrivals in Krishnapur in Part 1, Chapter 2 and why were they so warmly welcomed?

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

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

9. What happens to Harry in the bazaar on his journey to Krishnapur?

10. What are some of the Collector's beloved objects in his study?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the auction of the remaining food goods. Who bids? What scheme does Rayne carry out? What does the Collector do?

2) What foolhardy thing does Dr. Dunstaple do to show Dr. McNab up? What is the outcome? Give as many details as possible.

3) Describe the incident with Chloe, the sepoy, Fleury and Ram.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe three desperate measures taken to obtain food at the end of August.

2) What does Fleury do to celebrate Louise birthday?

3) What are some of the horrible physical problems Louise faces near the end of the siege?

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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