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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what country were Kim's parents?
(a) Ireland
(b) Switzerland
(c) The United States
(d) England

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

4. What is the Punjabi constable who sees the solider hand Kim money wearing?
(a) A prayer shawl
(b) A loin cloth
(c) Yellow linen trousers
(d) A turban

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

6. Where was one of the men of fashion found dead on the night of the earthquake?
(a) At the bottom of a well
(b) In an opium den
(c) By the main city's fountain
(d) Leaning up against the city's wall

7. Why is the priest cold and distant as Kim and the lama leave the village the next morning?
(a) Because the lama chastised the priest
(b) Because the lama predicted the day of the priest's death
(c) Because the priest got no money out of the lama
(d) Because Kim put doubt about the priest in the villagers' eyes

8. Where does the Curator say is the River that is the Fountain of Wisdom where the arrow fell?
(a) The curator does not know where it is
(b) It is a frozen river in the north of Russia
(c) Somewhere in the Amazon jungle
(d) It is the Euphrates River

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

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

11. Of what does the constable try to convince Kim?
(a) That there is a takkus for use of the roads
(b) That Lord Krishna stayed in their village
(c) That the soldier had stolen the money he gives to Kim
(d) That the Sirkar welcomes all holy men to their village

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Kim buy a train ticket for the lama?

2. What does the farmer call Kim and the lama?

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

4. Of what does Kim regale the children?

5. What does Kim call the Curator at the museum?

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