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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what does the old lady compare the cool and the pines of the Kangra and Kulu hills?
(a) Mississippi
(b) The dust and mangoes of the South
(c) Paradise
(d) The interior of a man's heart

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What garb does Kim slip into when conducting certain types of business

3. Who buys the lama a ticket to Umballa?

4. What does the farmer call the water that Kim calls a river?

5. Of what does Kim's father's estate consist when the father dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is said about Kim at the opening of the novel?

2. Why is the lama travelling alone?

3. How does the farmer on the outskirts of Umballa first respond to Kim and the lama, and what changes the farmer's response?

4. How does Kim play a prank on his hosts that night in Umballa?

5. When and where does Kim take place?

6. Why is Kim known to his friends as Friend of All the World?

7. What agreement does Kim make with the lama in Chapter 1?

8. Why do the two clergymen not allow Kim to go back and serve the lama?

9. What important news does Kim overhear as he lies in the bushes after delivering his message?

10. What does the lama believe about the Holy River?

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