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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. What was the confirmation in Kim's mind of the prophesy after seeing one sign?

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

3. What is the time frame of the setting?

4. With whom does the money-lender say train passengers sit?

5. Why is Chaplain Bennett uninterested in the lama?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When and where does Kim take place?

4. Why is the lama travelling alone?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Kim, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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