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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 did Chaplain Bennett do to prove his mettle?
(a) Rode a wild stallion
(b) Raised a mess tent alone
(c) Marched all day with the troops
(d) Threw a large boulder

2. What comes out of the weeds by the canal bank?
(a) A cow
(b) A cobra
(c) A mongoose
(d) A swan

3. What flag does Kim see that makes him think a vision about him is happening?
(a) A flag with a Red Bull on a green field
(b) A flag of Ireland
(c) A flag with a Buddha sitting under a tree
(d) It is not a flag; it is a drawing

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was one of the men of fashion found dead on the night of the earthquake?

2. To what does the lama say the farmer, the lama and Kim are all bound?

3. What was the confirmation in Kim's mind of the prophesy after seeing one sign?

4. How does the woman who looks after Kim insist he dress?

5. For what does Kim upbraid the ticket clerk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kulu?

2. Who does Chaplain Bennett ask for help to question Kim, and what do they discover?

3. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

4. What does the lama do when he and Kim enter the railway station?

5. Where does Kim first go when he gets the Lama situated for the night?

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

7. How does Kim react to the farmer's curses, and what does the lama say to Kim about Kim's reaction?

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

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

10. Why is the cultivator and his wife going to Umballa and what do they offer to Kim and the Lama?

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