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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appears in one of the rooms of the palace to the embarrassment of Hari?
(a) a monkey.
(b) an escaped cow.
(c) a large spider.
(d) a local prostitute.

2. What do the Padre and Vokins do to help during the siege?
(a) serve the ammunition.
(b) man the rifles.
(c) sponge.
(d) gather metal objects for the cannon.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were some physical characteristics of Lucy?

2. What is a new arrival in the colony called?

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

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

5. What was the physical manifestation of the Collector's grieving mind?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worry about her brother does Louise confide in Miriam?

2. How does the Maharajah's son, Hari, put on a show of being British?

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

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

5. What is the yearly disagreement between the Magistrate and the local farmers?

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

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

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

9. What is the plan Cutter puts into action on July 7th?

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

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