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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. Why does Kim not run when he gets loose from Chaplain Bennett's grip?

2. Of what does Kim's mother die?

3. To where does Kim buy a train ticket for the lama?

4. Where were the lama's spectacles made?

5. What had Kim's father scrawled on Kim's papers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the lama travelling alone?

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

9. For what does the Buddhist lama Kim meets search?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel and why Kim is or is not a successful novel based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?

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

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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