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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 does Chaplain Bennett think of as the "Scarlet Woman"?

2. Where were the lama's spectacles made?

3. Who does Kim learn to avoid as he gets older?

4. Where would the lama go if he were not searching for his river?

5. Who buys the lama a ticket to Umballa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kim play a prank on his hosts that night in Umballa?

3. For what does the Buddhist lama Kim meets search?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the lama lecture the soldier about and how does the soldier point out an inconsistency in the lama?

9. How does the railway clerk try to cheat the lama concerning the lama's ticket to Umballa, and who helps keep the Lama from being cheated?

10. When and where does Kim take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kim is taken out of school at the age of sixteen to be trained and join a spy network called the Great Game.

Do you think the men who took Kim out of school at sixteen to make him a spy were wrong to do this? Why or why not? Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

An epiphany occurs when a Russian spy rips the lama's Wheel of Life from his hands, which incites the lama to violence.

Explain what is meant by the word epiphany in the above sentence and how that epiphany affects the lama’s life. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Kim, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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