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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. Who could ask the Curator to explain something at the Lahore Museum?
(a) Only the wealthy
(b) Any adult male
(c) Those of the upper castes
(d) Those who sought wisdom

2. According to a proverb Kim quotes, when should one not talk to a white man?
(a) When he is eying a woman
(b) When he is hungry
(c) When he is practicing sword patterns
(d) When he is with his comrades

3. In what way does Kim say he is not like the lama?
(a) Kim is not a believer in a higher power
(b) Kim has no influence over the fates
(c) Kim cannot read or write
(d) Kim is not constrained to interacting with women

4. About what does Kim brag to the lama?
(a) That Kim is more generous than any man in India
(b) That Kim is an excellent disciple for the lama
(c) That Kim is smarter than any man in India
(d) That Kim will always have money

5. Who pulls the lama aboard the train?
(a) Kim
(b) The soldier
(c) The money-lender
(d) The cultivator

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted in the four-line epigraph to Chapter 2?

2. Where was one of the men of fashion found dead on the night of the earthquake?

3. What does Kim see walking in the distance when they are on the grazing ground?

4. What does a man who was illegally collecting bridge taxes affix to the bridge to convince travelers of the veracity of the tax?

5. To what does the old lady compare the cool and the pines of the Kangra and Kulu hills?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Chaplain Bennett ask for help to question Kim, and what do they discover?

2. What is said about Kim at the opening of the novel?

3. Why is the lama travelling alone?

4. Where does Kim first go when he gets the Lama situated for the night?

5. Why is Kim known to his friends as Friend of All the World?

6. What do Kim and the lama do at the end of Chapter 7?

7. What does the lama believe about the Holy River?

8. What agreement does Kim make with the lama in Chapter 1?

9. What does Kim do when he sees the Red Bull, and what happens?

10. How does Kim react to the farmer's curses, and what does the lama say to Kim about Kim's reaction?

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