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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Kim at the opening to the novel?
(a) 9
(b) 13
(c) 22
(d) 17

3. With whom does the money-lender say train passengers sit?
(a) Persons of all castes
(b) Thieves
(c) Mongrels and geese
(d) Angels

4. Of what does Kim's father's estate consist when the father dies?
(a) Five hundred pounds
(b) A rusty sword and a pair of boots
(c) Three papers
(d) Fifty pounds

5. Who does Kim learn to avoid as he gets older?
(a) Tax collectors
(b) Census-takers
(c) Missionaries
(d) Military officers

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Kim say he is not like the lama?

2. What is the lama seeking?

3. What is Kim's nickname?

4. Who pulls the lama aboard the train?

5. What is one thing the woman in the opium den placed in a bag around Kim's neck?

(see the answer key)

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