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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the lama say the farmer, the lama and Kim are all bound?
(a) A life of toil
(b) The Wheel of Things
(c) The call of death
(d) Honor

2. What was the confirmation in Kim's mind of the prophesy after seeing one sign?
(a) Two white, British soldiers coming towards Kim
(b) The sun rising and filling the grove with a golden light
(c) The sound of the cavalry
(d) A dog howling

3. What does the old man want to see before he dies?
(a) Vishnu
(b) The Four Holy Places
(c) The Secret of Death
(d) The Dalai Lama

4. What does Kim see walking in the distance when they are on the grazing ground?
(a) A herd of wild elephants
(b) A group of Kurds
(c) Soldiers
(d) A dust storm

5. What does Kim say the lama always wants when the lama pulls out his beads?
(a) To impress others
(b) Silence
(c) Guidance
(d) Understanding

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

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

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

9. Why does Kim not run when he gets loose from Chaplain Bennett's grip?
(a) The Chaplain has called guards, who appear
(b) The Chaplain has Kim's crucifix
(c) The Chaplain seems genuinely kind
(d) The Chaplain has Kim's amulet

10. What garb does Kim slip into when conducting certain types of business
(a) European
(b) Hindu or Mohmmedan
(c) American
(d) Military

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

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

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

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

15. What does a man who was illegally collecting bridge taxes affix to the bridge to convince travelers of the veracity of the tax?
(a) A prayer wheel with donation cans
(b) A turban
(c) A picture of the Sirkar blessing the collector
(d) A label from a soda water bottle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kim hold as he is belly-crawling towards the mess tent?

2. How old is Kim at the opening to the novel?

3. How does the lama bless those he encounters?

4. Why does the farmer offer Kim and the lama milk and a meal?

5. What does the soldier who gives Kim the four-anna silver piece say as the soldier turns his horse to leave?

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