View a FREE sample

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 lama call the railway station as he looks at its layout?

3. What does the lama do as he and Kim walk?

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

5. From what country were Kim's parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Kim come upon while resting along the Grand Trunk Road?

6. Why is the lama travelling alone?

7. 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?

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

9. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

During their journey, the lama preaches to the soldier the virtues of maintaining detachment from worldly items, emotions, and actions in order to attain Enlightenment.

Discuss the idea of detachment as the lama explains it to Kim. How does the lama relate detachment to enlightenment when he talks to Kim about them? Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 695 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample