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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the lama call the railway station as he looks at its layout?
(a) The work of the devil
(b) A lion's den
(c) The wonder of the world
(d) A hopeless place

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

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

5. Where is the young Dogra soldier headed?
(a) To the war in China
(b) Home on leave
(c) Home as his contract has expired
(d) To British Bengal

6. Who buys the lama a ticket to Umballa?
(a) The Amritzar woman
(b) The money-lender
(c) Kim
(d) The soldier who has finished his military service

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

8. What is Kim's nickname?
(a) The Fox
(b) The Elephant
(c) Friend of All the Outcasts
(d) Friend of All the World

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

10. What does the farmer call Kim and the lama?
(a) Beggars
(b) Holy men
(c) Scoundrels
(d) Travelers

11. What does the farmer call the water that Kim calls a river?
(a) Lake
(b) Stream
(c) Canal-cut
(d) Sewer lane

12. In what way does Kim say he is not like the lama?
(a) Kim cannot read or write
(b) Kim has no influence over the fates
(c) Kim is not a believer in a higher power
(d) Kim is not constrained to interacting with women

13. What is the occupation of an Amritzar woman sitting near the window on the train?
(a) Seamstress
(b) Matchmaker
(c) Courtesan
(d) Lama

14. In the opening to Chapter 5, who does one of Kim and the lama's escorts say walk to and fro without reason?
(a) The English and devils
(b) The English and their servants
(c) Fools and children
(d) The young and stout hearted

15. What group is marching towards the field and singing?
(a) The Gurkha regiment
(b) The Sikh regiment
(c) The Mulligan Guards
(d) The Highlander Guards

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Punjabi constable who sees the solider hand Kim money wearing?

2. What flag does Kim see that makes him think a vision about him is happening?

3. To whom does the money lender say it is well to be kind?

4. Who does Kim learn to avoid as he gets older?

5. What animal does Kim say the constable's father-in-law is?

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