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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 where does Kim buy a train ticket for the lama?

2. Of what does Kim's father's estate consist when the father dies?

3. About what does Kim brag to the lama?

4. In the opening to Chapter 5, who does one of Kim and the lama's escorts say walk to and fro without reason?

5. What garb does Kim slip into when conducting certain types of business

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. What does Kim do when he sees the Red Bull, and what happens?

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

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

8. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

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

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

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 2

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Kim. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Kipling chooses the symbols he does?

Essay Topic 3

Kim belongs to the bildungsroman genre. Discuss the following:

Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the bildungsroman genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel? What do you think is the difference between a bildungsroman and a historical novel or mystery?

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