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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fleury thinking about as the Padre and the Collector dig graves and argue?
(a) the seriousness of the siege.
(b) the difference between Protestantism and Catholicism.
(c) how he acted at the party in front of Louise.
(d) the comparison of the pariah dogs and the domestic dogs.

2. What do the community members keep with them at all times during the cholera epidemic?
(a) a card with their preferred doctor written on it.
(b) the Bible.
(c) their Birth Certificate.
(d) their Last Will and Testament.

3. What kind of treatment mentioned by Dr. McNab alarms the crowd?
(a) blood letting.
(b) Hindu sacrifice of animals.
(c) Chinese acupuncture.
(d) voodoo.

4. Who was Jackson?
(a) Dr. Dunstaple's nephew.
(b) an indigo farmer who died during the siege.
(c) the Padre's favorite parishoner.
(d) the soldier who had been singing about the Crimea.

5. Which of the corpses should be buried in a different area than the others?
(a) Peterson.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Peterson.
(d) Donnelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was shattering the Collector's nerves in Chapter 10?

2. What were the two fat Sikhs chewing in this chapter?

3. What beliefs does the Padre expound upon?

4. The two giant marble busts that Harry dragged to each side of the cannon were of whom?

5. What wasn't the priest able to do because of the many people dying of cholera?

(see the answer key)

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