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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. Of whom does the lama take no notice on the train?

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

3. To what does the old lady compare the cool and the pines of the Kangra and Kulu hills?

4. What is the occupation of an Amritzar woman sitting near the window on the train?

5. Why is the priest cold and distant as Kim and the lama leave the village the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

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

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

8. Why is the lama travelling alone?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kim is an Irish boy whose father has passed away, and Kim been raised as an Indian by the owner of an opium den.

Discuss the differences between what happens to Kim, as an orphan in India in the late 1800’s and what would happen to Kim as an orphan in America in the present time. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Since he was a young child, Kim had been told by his guardian that his father, a former soldier, had said that a red bull in a green field would be Kim's salvation.

Research the term narrative contrivance and explain why Kim seeing the red bull flag is or is not a narrative contrivance. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

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