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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 had Kim's father scrawled on Kim's papers?
(a) Look after the boy
(b) This boy's parents are both British
(c) This boy is a British citizen
(d) This boy's grandfather is a British Lord

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

3. What does the angry farmer brandish at Kim and the lama at the opening to Chapter 3?
(a) A staff
(b) An iron pole
(c) A knife
(d) A strap

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

5. To where does Kim buy a train ticket for the lama?
(a) Delhi
(b) Umballa
(c) Kathmandu
(d) Siliguru

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the best schooling a Sahib boy can get in India?

2. Of what does Kim's mother die?

3. What comes out of the weeds by the canal bank?

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

5. What does Kim see walking in the distance when they are on the grazing ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the lama lecture the soldier about and how does the soldier point out an inconsistency in the lama?

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

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

4. How does the railway clerk try to cheat the lama concerning the lama's ticket to Umballa, and who helps keep the Lama from being cheated?

5. What does Kim do when he sees the Red Bull, and what happens?

6. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

7. What happens when Kim and the lama approach Umballa?

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

9. What is Kimball O'Hara's connection to the Red Bull?

10. What does Kim tell the priest who divines horoscopes about the hour of Kim's birth?

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