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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. How does the woman who looks after Kim insist he dress?

2. Of what does Kim's mother die?

3. What comes out of the weeds by the canal bank?

4. Who does Kim learn to avoid as he gets older?

5. What does Kim say the lama always wants when the lama pulls out his beads?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What agreement does Kim make with the lama in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not? Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Kim help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Kim? Why or why not. Use examples from Kim and your own life to support your answer.

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

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.

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