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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does the constable try to convince Kim?
(a) That the Sirkar welcomes all holy men to their village
(b) That there is a takkus for use of the roads
(c) That Lord Krishna stayed in their village
(d) That the soldier had stolen the money he gives to Kim

2. What does Kim sometimes do at night for young men of fashion?
(a) Carry messages for them by elephant
(b) Shine their boots
(c) Run errands on the rooftops
(d) Find girls for them to date

3. What does Chaplain Bennett think of as the "Scarlet Woman"?
(a) The Catholic Church of Ireland
(b) The camp follower's leader
(c) The Church of England
(d) The native Indians who betray their country

4. Why is Kim given a four-anna silver piece by a soldier?
(a) For work in the fields
(b) For bringing news of the imminent military action
(c) For saving the man's life
(d) For asking the lama to give the man a blessing

5. What did Chaplain Bennett do to prove his mettle?
(a) Rode a wild stallion
(b) Threw a large boulder
(c) Raised a mess tent alone
(d) Marched all day with the troops

6. Of what god does the lama speak on the carriage?
(a) Jehova
(b) Buddha
(c) Kali
(d) None

7. What does the farmer call the water that Kim calls a river?
(a) Lake
(b) Sewer lane
(c) Stream
(d) Canal-cut

8. What does Kim "prophesy" to the Chaplains?
(a) War
(b) The end of British rule in India
(c) The beginning of a lasting peace
(d) Kim's ascendance to being a great spy

9. How does the woman who looks after Kim insist he dress?
(a) She has no preference
(b) In military fashion
(c) In native Indian robes
(d) In a European style

10. Why does the farmer offer Kim and the lama milk and a meal?
(a) Because he is of a generous nature
(b) The farmer's wife makes the offer, not the farmer
(c) The farmer does not want his fields cursed
(d) Kim offers to help him with his flock

11. What does a man who was illegally collecting bridge taxes affix to the bridge to convince travelers of the veracity of the tax?
(a) A label from a soda water bottle
(b) A prayer wheel with donation cans
(c) A picture of the Sirkar blessing the collector
(d) A turban

12. How had the money-lender suggested he and his wife travel?
(a) He did not want to travel at all
(b) Walking along the coast
(c) By cart along the road
(d) On the train

13. Who is quoted in the four-line epigraph to Chapter 2?
(a) Ming Tze
(b) Han Chou
(c) Buddha
(d) Lao-Tse

14. Where is the novel set?
(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) The Caribbean

15. Of what does Kim regale the children?
(a) Of the British and their exploits
(b) Of the lama who commands the beasts of the field
(c) Tales of Lahore and rail travel
(d) Of mystical appearances

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a proverb Kim quotes, when should one not talk to a white man?

2. Where is the young Dogra soldier headed?

3. What does the farmer call Kim and the lama?

4. What does the lama say he sometimes wonders about Kim?

5. Of whom does the lama take no notice on the train?

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