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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kim sometimes do at night for young men of fashion?

2. What group is marching towards the field and singing?

3. What does the farmer call Kim and the lama?

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

5. Who could ask the Curator to explain something at the Lahore Museum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What do Kim and the lama do at the end of Chapter 7?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action-driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven or action-driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Kim is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

Compare/contrast the characters of Kim and the lama. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Mookerjee and Ali. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.

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