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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 the lama do as he and Kim walk?

2. Of what does Kim's father's estate consist when the father dies?

3. Of what does Kim regale the children?

4. Where does the Curator say is the River that is the Fountain of Wisdom where the arrow fell?

5. What does Chaplain Bennett think of as the "Scarlet Woman"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kim belongs to the bildungsroman genre. Discuss the following:

Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the bildungsroman genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel? What do you think is the difference between a bildungsroman and a historical novel or mystery?

Essay Topic 2

Kim is taken out of school at the age of sixteen to be trained and join a spy network called the Great Game.

Do you think the men who took Kim out of school at sixteen to make him a spy were wrong to do this? Why or why not? Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Kim, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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