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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. How did the ladies in the billiards room try to cover the horrible odor?

2. Who became cold to Lucy after the cockchafer episode?

3. Who shoots himself while lying in bed?

4. What did Fleury buy from one of the artillery women for ten pounds?

5. Who brings word that the relieving force has arrived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Collector sitting on and what is he discussing with the Padre in Chapter 31?

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

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

4. Describe the incident of Ram, the sepoy , Fleury and Chloe in Chapter 27.

5. What is wrong with the Collector's health in Chapter 19?

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

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

8. What does the Collector do when he returns to London?

9. When Fleury visits the Collector he thinks he has cholera but what does Dr. McNab say the Collector has?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the physical problems the Collector gets that make him turn over temporary authority to the Magistrate.

2) What is the blinding "snow" which rains from the sky and what good effect does it have?

3) Fleury goes to the Collector's room and thinks he has cholera. What does Dr. McNab tell him the Collector is suffering from.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the behavior of the residents during the cholera epidemic. What do they carry around with them at all times? Which of the doctors

seem to inspire more confidence in them? Why?

2) Describe the differing opinions of Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab as to the cause of cholera?

3) Describe the different treatments Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab use in the treatment of cholera.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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