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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. Who tries to reassure the lama about boarding the train?

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

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

4. Where were the lama's spectacles made?

5. According to a proverb Kim quotes, when should one not talk to a white man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do the two clergymen not allow Kim to go back and serve the lama?

5. When and where does Kim take place?

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does Kim play a prank on his hosts that night in Umballa?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think Kim would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think Kim fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Rudyard Kipling. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Kipling's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Kipling's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 3

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Kim. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Kipling chooses the symbols he does?

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