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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. Why is the lama upset?

2. What does the lama want Kim to do?

3. What does Kim do in his next summer after his second year at St. Xavier's?

4. How does Kim's watchdog treat Kim?

5. To whom does Kim send word of his whereabouts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What crisis does Kim go through as he assumes the role of a spy?

2. Who is Hurree Chunder Mookerjee and what is Mookerjee's response to observing Kim's training?

3. How does Kim get a letter off to Mahbub Ali?

4. Who has Mookerjee been stalking?

5. What does Colonel Creighton do while taking Kim to St. Xavier's and what is the Colonel's plan for Kim?

6. Where does Mookerjee take Kim, and what does the man give Kim?

7. Where is Kim sent at the beginning of Chapter 9 per Colonel Creighton's orders?

8. How does Kim spend his next summer and then the Christmas holiday after that?

9. What does Kim learn from Sahib and his servant boy?

10. Who is Lurgan Sahib?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Kim. Trace and analyze one major theme of Kim. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action-driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven or action-driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Kim is? Explain your response.

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