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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 do the Sikhs refuse to do?

2. How does Fleury confuse the sepoys?

3. What did Lucy want to eat?

4. Why did the Collector go to the roof of the banqueting hall?

5. Who took over the Commissariat from Mr. Rayne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy begin to do to cheer herself up?

2. What does Fleury do for Louise's birthday?

3. What has happened to the Collector's leather goods and clothing and notepaper?

4. What condition does the Collector find Hari in when he visits him in the tiger house?

5. Why was the Magistrate fascinated with the back of Lucy's neck?

6. What does Fleury hear in the morning which he finds beautiful? What is Ram's comment on this and Fleury's thought about it?

7. What happens on September 12th and why can't the British destroy the enemy's magazine cache?

8. What is the seeming snow from the sky which causes confusion to the enemy and allows the men to reload their cannons?

9. At the end of Chapter 29 what does the Collector read about in the phrenology book and what does he eat on the way downstairs?

10. What happens to Harry and Fleury years after the siege?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the relationship of the Collector with his daughters. What is your opinion of him as a father?

2) Describe the situation of the ladies in the billiard room. How do they interact? How does the Collector view them when he visits the billiard room?

3) Describe Fleury's character. Do you find his poetic musings and views on religion sympathetic? Is he perhaps the most sensitive of the men considering his sympathy and interest in the Indians.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1) Compare the characters of Harry and Fleury. How are they alike, how different?

2) Compare the characters of the Magistrate and the Collector, their similarities , their differences.

3) Compare the characters of Lucy and Louise.

Choose two of the three character comparisons to write on.

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