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

2. How old is Kim at the opening to the novel?
(a) 22
(b) 9
(c) 13
(d) 17

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

4. According to a proverb Kim quotes, when should one not talk to a white man?
(a) When he is eying a woman
(b) When he is practicing sword patterns
(c) When he is hungry
(d) When he is with his comrades

5. Where would the lama go if he were not searching for his river?
(a) Off the physical plane
(b) Benares
(c) Tibet
(d) Hollywood

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chaplain Bennett think Kim should go immediately?

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

3. Of what god does the lama speak on the carriage?

4. What animal does Kim say the constable's father-in-law is?

5. What does the angry farmer brandish at Kim and the lama at the opening to Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance to Kim of the Red Bull?

4. For what does the Buddhist lama Kim meets search?

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

6. Who comes by the home of the place where Kim and the lama are staying, and what ensues?

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

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

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

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

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