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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Louise about Harry?
(a) his lack of culture.
(b) his interest in Lucy.
(c) his ill health.
(d) the chances he takes in battle.

2. What is another name for Mr. Hopkins?
(a) the Administrator.
(b) the Collector.
(c) the Magistrate.
(d) the First Lieutenant.

3. Which of the men had invented a two-pronged spear, "the Eradicator"?
(a) Fleury.
(b) Cutter.
(c) Lieutenant Peterson.
(d) Harry.

4. Who had formed the habit of sleeping clasped in each other's arms?
(a) the Collector's two eldest daughters.
(b) the O'Hanlon sisters.
(c) Dr. and Mrs. Dunstaple.
(d) Louise and MIriam.

5. What is a new arrival in the colony called?
(a) an ignoramus.
(b) a griffin.
(c) an untested one.
(d) a greenhorn.

6. What is the name of the Spaniel traveling with the new British arrivals in the colony?
(a) Chloe.
(b) Zoe.
(c) Curly.
(d) Bertha.

7. Which of the women had a beautiful voice and sang "Oh God our help in ages past..."?
(a) Louise.
(b) Mrs, Dunstaple.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Miriam.

8. What is the name of cemeteries in Krishnapur?
(a) "Cities of the Silent".
(b) "Heavenly Abodes".
(c) "Eternal Resting Places".
(d) "Peaceful Destinations".

9. What do Louise and Miriam banter about?
(a) their looks.
(b) how they miss England.
(c) each other's "conquests".
(d) their skill at poetry.

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

11. Who did Fleury tease about her dimples to make Louise jealous?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Fanny.

12. Who do Harry and Fleury ride to warn telling them to come to the Residency for safety?
(a) the indigo farmers.
(b) the Maharajah and his son Hari.
(c) the opium factory workers.
(d) the soldiers.

13. What did Hari , the Maharajah's son, sit on?
(a) a chair made completely of antlers.
(b) a marble throne.
(c) silk pillows.
(d) a throne embedded with precious gems.

14. Who do Harry and Fleury set out into the town to rescue?
(a) Dr. Dunstaple.
(b) Louise.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Miriam.

15. What did the Padre complain about that was being done in the church?
(a) the use of the church as a hospital.
(b) the use of the church for the poetry club.
(c) the storing of grain and powder at the back of the church.
(d) letting animals take shelter there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louise sew for Fleury for his birthday present?

2. What did the Collector wear which symbolized his attempt to exhibit culture and inspiration to the besieged residents?

3. What is chapatis?

4. What are Barlow and Mohammed ordered to do?

5. What spirit does Fleury believe his century is based upon?

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