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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chaplain Bennett do to prove his mettle?
(a) Raised a mess tent alone
(b) Marched all day with the troops
(c) Threw a large boulder
(d) Rode a wild stallion

2. What is one thing the woman in the opium den placed in a bag around Kim's neck?
(a) A list of Kim's relatives in Holland
(b) Kim's father's birth certificate
(c) A charm made by a fakir
(d) Kim's Baptismal certificate

3. What does the angry farmer brandish at Kim and the lama at the opening to Chapter 3?
(a) A strap
(b) A knife
(c) An iron pole
(d) A staff

4. What does Kim "prophesy" to the Chaplains?
(a) The beginning of a lasting peace
(b) War
(c) Kim's ascendance to being a great spy
(d) The end of British rule in India

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

6. Where would the lama go if he were not searching for his river?
(a) Tibet
(b) Benares
(c) Off the physical plane
(d) Hollywood

7. To where does Kim buy a train ticket for the lama?
(a) Umballa
(b) Siliguru
(c) Delhi
(d) Kathmandu

8. About what does Kim brag to the lama?
(a) That Kim is an excellent disciple for the lama
(b) That Kim is more generous than any man in India
(c) That Kim will always have money
(d) That Kim is smarter than any man in India

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

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

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

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

13. What does Chaplain Bennett think of as the "Scarlet Woman"?
(a) The camp follower's leader
(b) The Catholic Church of Ireland
(c) The native Indians who betray their country
(d) The Church of England

14. What does the Commander-in-Chief say an upcoming military action is?
(a) Punishment
(b) War
(c) Defensive posturing
(d) Justice

15. From where is the old man who Kim talks to outside the Lahore Museum?
(a) Kulu
(b) Kathmandu
(c) Marrakesh
(d) Lhasa

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a proverb Kim quotes, when should one not talk to a white man?

2. What had Kim's father scrawled on Kim's papers?

3. Who could ask the Curator to explain something at the Lahore Museum?

4. What does Kim sometimes do at night for young men of fashion?

5. What happened in the country at the moment Kim had first cried after being born?

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