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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. To what does the lama say the farmer, the lama and Kim are all bound?

2. Where is the young Dogra soldier headed?

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

4. What did Chaplain Bennett do to prove his mettle?

5. What is the Punjabi constable who sees the solider hand Kim money wearing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the farmer on the outskirts of Umballa first respond to Kim and the lama, and what changes the farmer's response?

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

4. What does the lama lecture the soldier about and how does the soldier point out an inconsistency in the lama?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Kulu?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kim, now completely alone and having been schooled as a Sahib but then thrust into the world in the guise of a Buddhist priest, begins to question what his identity is and where he belongs.

Discuss, in depth, why Kim might be having an identity crisis about who he is and where he fits into the world. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Kim. Trace and analyze one major theme of Kim. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

An epiphany occurs when a Russian spy rips the lama's Wheel of Life from his hands, which incites the lama to violence.

Explain what is meant by the word epiphany in the above sentence and how that epiphany affects the lama’s life. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

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