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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mookerjee really want of the two spies?
(a) To give them false information to take back to China
(b) To lead them into a trap set by some of Creighton's men
(c) To obtain the secret documents they possess
(d) To enlist them as double spies

2. For what is the "Great Game" a colloquialism
(a) Espionage
(b) Chess
(c) The wheel of time
(d) Reincarnation

3. What is the purpose of the games they play?
(a) To make sure Kim can fight his way out of a tight spot.
(b) To pass the summer
(c) To enhance Kim's powers of observation
(d) To teach Kim more ways to assimilate into his birth's culture

4. With what does the lama threaten one of the spies?
(a) With a curse
(b) With his pencil case
(c) With a prayer wheel
(d) The lama does not threaten the spy

5. How does Kim fare in his second year at St. Xavier's?
(a) He makes friends with most of the wealthy boys
(b) He does poorly as a student
(c) He is bullied greatly
(d) He does well in his studies

6. What does Ali tell Kim cannot be changed?
(a) Fate
(b) Being a white man
(c) The path of the Buddha
(d) The future

7. How is E23 disguised?
(a) As a tiger
(b) As a bonus plan for the natives
(c) Like a Mahrata
(d) As a way of taking an accurate census

8. Who sends Kim to Lurgan Sahib's home?
(a) Ali
(b) The lama
(c) Kim goes of his own volition
(d) Colonel Creighton

9. Who is told to be Kim's watchdog?
(a) A drummer boy
(b) A scout
(c) A cook
(d) A supply clerk

10. What does one of the spies demand of the lama?
(a) An amulet of protection
(b) Knowledge of the troops in the area
(c) The lama's drawing
(d) A blessing

11. For whom does Mookerjee say he is an emissary?
(a) The Catholic church
(b) The Rajah of Rampur
(c) The British military command of the north-central division
(d) The British governor

12. As what will Kim take up a position?
(a) As a valet for a highly-placed official
(b) As a server for the District Prince
(c) As a drummer boy
(d) As a chain-man

13. Why do the spies' servants do to one spy?
(a) Hold him for the magistrate
(b) Drive him off
(c) Kill him
(d) Beat him badly

14. Where does Kim go to see the lama?
(a) Punjab
(b) Umballa
(c) Delhi
(d) Benares

15. What does Mookerjee give Kim?
(a) A short saber
(b) A set of knives
(c) A small pistol
(d) A medicine toolkit

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Colonel Creighton accompany Kim?

2. Who is under hot pursuit?

3. How does Kim feel when he finds the lama?

4. How does Kim outsmart his watchdog?

5. What does Kim begin to question?

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