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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lama say he sometimes wonders about Kim?
(a) If Kim's father is watching over Kim
(b) If Lord Krishna sent Kim to watch over the lama
(c) If Kim has a greater destiny
(d) If Kim is a spirit or evil imp

2. Where were the lama's spectacles made?
(a) Europe
(b) Africa
(c) CHina
(d) Tibet

3. How long does it take the regiment to pitch camp and Kim and the lama watch?
(a) 30 minutes
(b) Half a day
(c) 2 hours
(d) Several hours

4. Why does the farmer offer Kim and the lama milk and a meal?
(a) The farmer's wife makes the offer, not the farmer
(b) Kim offers to help him with his flock
(c) The farmer does not want his fields cursed
(d) Because he is of a generous nature

5. How had the money-lender suggested he and his wife travel?
(a) He did not want to travel at all
(b) On the train
(c) By cart along the road
(d) Walking along the coast

6. What does the lama do as he and Kim walk?
(a) Sings and chants
(b) Says his Rosary
(c) Tells parables
(d) Hums to himself

7. What do the natives call the Lahore Museum?
(a) The Dead House
(b) White Man's History
(c) The Wonder House
(d) The Tomb

8. Of what does Kim's mother die?
(a) Internal bleeding following a miscarriage
(b) Rabies
(c) Typhus
(d) Cholera

9. How does the woman who looks after Kim insist he dress?
(a) She has no preference
(b) In military fashion
(c) In a European style
(d) In native Indian robes

10. Where is the best schooling a Sahib boy can get in India?
(a) St. Xavier's in Partibus
(b) Punjab Masonic Orphanage
(c) St John's in Lucknow
(d) Military Orphanage

11. What animal does Kim say the constable's father-in-law is?
(a) Mongoose
(b) Frog
(c) Snake
(d) Elephant

12. For what does Kim upbraid the ticket clerk?
(a) For not giving Kim enough change
(b) For rudeness
(c) For trying to make Kim pay too much for the ticket
(d) For giving Kim a ticket for a station just six miles hence

13. Where is the novel set?
(a) Nepal
(b) The Caribbean
(c) Bangladesh
(d) India

14. What does Father Victor say he would give a good deal to be able to do?
(a) Move about India as Kim does
(b) Speak the vernacular
(c) Embrace differences
(d) Be free of restrictions

15. Why is Kim given a four-anna silver piece by a soldier?
(a) For asking the lama to give the man a blessing
(b) For bringing news of the imminent military action
(c) For work in the fields
(d) For saving the man's life

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country were Kim's parents?

2. What did Chaplain Bennett do to prove his mettle?

3. With whom does the money-lender say train passengers sit?

4. What was the confirmation in Kim's mind of the prophesy after seeing one sign?

5. What comes out of the weeds by the canal bank?

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