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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many "big stone idols" (29) were located in the wood to which Carnehan and Dravot were led by their new subjects?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 50.
(d) 18.

2. How many priests did Dravot have in his Privy Council?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

3. What actions did Carnehan warn Dravot against taking for fear of causing an avalanche?
(a) Singing and whistling.
(b) Screaming and singing.
(c) Talking and whispering.
(d) Singing and yelling.

4. What word did the narrator use to refer to Carnehan when saying that he was worried that interrupting Carnehan might cause him to lose his place in the story?
(a) Creature.
(b) Goblin.
(c) Thief.
(d) Cripple.

5. What was the name of the first village taken by Carnehan and Dravot?
(a) Ip-Som.
(b) Ik-Ton.
(c) Al-Ken.
(d) Er-Heb.

6. What object did Dravot use as a gavel?
(a) A coconut.
(b) His fist.
(c) His foot.
(d) The butt of his gun.

7. Dravot told Carnehan that he planned to give what object to a particular monarch?
(a) A crown.
(b) A coin.
(c) A flower.
(d) A medal.

8. For each dead man Dravot found, he poured a bit of what type of liquid on the ground?
(a) Beer.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Milk.
(d) Tea.

9. Dravot engaged in one particular activity for what fraction of the night before he was to be married?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 5/8.

10. For what purpose did all of the chiefs come to see Carnehan and Dravot after they had been deemed to be two gods?
(a) To seek jobs.
(b) To be healed.
(c) To ask for wives.
(d) To shake their hands.

11. What job did Carnehan have when he dated the Bengali woman?
(a) A banker.
(b) A plate-layer.
(c) A chimney sweep.
(d) A brick-layer.

12. When Carnehan described Dravot's voice as being "as loud as a braying donkey" (46), about what subject had Dravot been talking?
(a) His first kiss.
(b) His children.
(c) His position as a Freemason.
(d) His future wife.

13. Carnehan told Dravot that the Bible says that "Kings ain't to waste their strength on" (45) what?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Easy work.
(c) Women.
(d) Wine.

14. At what object was the narrator looking when Carnehan instructed him to meet his gaze?
(a) The narrator's watch.
(b) Carnehan's shoes.
(c) Carnehan's hand.
(d) The clock in the room.

15. What type of literary device is Rudyard Kipling uses in the phrase "as loud as a braying donkey" (46)?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did Dravot ask the Chief after getting him to surrender?

2. Dravot and Carnehan used the name "Billy Fish" (35) to refer to the Chief of what place?

3. What is something Carnehan did NOT tell the narrator about the mountains in Kafiristan?

4. Carnehan brought how many men carrying "turquoises" (39) along when he traveled to buy Martinis?

5. At what time of day did Dravot entertain his fellow passengers with the caravan?

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