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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 does the woman who looks after Kim insist he dress?
(a) In military fashion
(b) In a European style
(c) In native Indian robes
(d) She has no preference

2. What does the lama call the railway station as he looks at its layout?
(a) A lion's den
(b) A hopeless place
(c) The work of the devil
(d) The wonder of the world

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

4. Of what does Kim's mother die?
(a) Typhus
(b) Internal bleeding following a miscarriage
(c) Rabies
(d) Cholera

5. Who does Kim learn to avoid as he gets older?
(a) Missionaries
(b) Military officers
(c) Census-takers
(d) Tax collectors

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lama say he sometimes wonders about Kim?

2. Where were the lama's spectacles made?

3. What does Kim "prophesy" to the Chaplains?

4. In the opening to Chapter 5, who does one of Kim and the lama's escorts say walk to and fro without reason?

5. What does Kim hold as he is belly-crawling towards the mess tent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Kulu?

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

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

8. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

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

10. Why is the lama travelling alone?

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