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Shooting an Elephant Assessment
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The author’s strong feelings against killing the elephant connects to this reflective essay’s idea against
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people trying to keep large wild animals for work
the British Empire’s power over people’s lives
police officers having to face danger alone
assistance to people who are unkind
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The women shoo away the group of children near the hut because
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they dislike the police seeing their children
a man’s dead body lies near the hut
children interfere with their work
they fear the elephant will return
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The author says that a large number of Burmese people become interested in the elephant
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when it quietly eats grass in a rice field
when they know the author will shoot it
after it eats all their stocks of fruit
after the elephant falls over dead
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Why is the narrator important enough to be hated in Moulmein?
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Only the narrator has an elephant rifle.
He is the only British soldier in the city.
The people resent his opinion of them.
He has the status of a police officer.
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What does Orwell believe will happen if the shooting goes wrong?
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The crowd will laugh at his trampled corpse.
The elephant will charge the watching crowd.
He will be fired from the police force.
He will have to pay for the damages.
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What does the crowd of excited people cause Orwell to realize in the rice field?
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Many people fear his authority.
The people feel concern for his safety.
He is going to have to shoot the elephant.
The elephant is now calm and harmless.
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Orwell’s feelings about his job as a police officer are that he
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wants to be responsible for fewer people
thinks he does a poor job enforcing the law
wishes to use his power to make enemies suffer
hates the job as an example of imperialism
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What does the crowd do after the elephant finally dies?
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leaves it in the field and return home
angrily curses the author for shooting it
buries the elephant beside the rice field
takes away the elephant meat for food
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In this essay, Orwell reflects that his first gun is too small to kill the elephant, but that the noise might frighten it. What larger idea connects with this experience?
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The power of Great Britain in Burma is weakening.
British police officers are untrustworthy in danger.
The position of Great Britain in Burma is becoming important.
Powerful British are devoted to the Burmese people’s welfare.
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What causes the death of the man the children find in the mud?
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The man falls while running from the elephant.
Another police officer shoots the man.
The elephant steps on the man’s back.
A bamboo hut collapses on the man.
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