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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 does Kim call the Curator at the museum?

2. Where was one of the men of fashion found dead on the night of the earthquake?

3. What do the natives call the Lahore Museum?

4. What does the Commander-in-Chief say an upcoming military action is?

5. What does the soldier who gives Kim the four-anna silver piece say as the soldier turns his horse to leave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When and where does Kim take place?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kim and the lama proceed to the outskirts of Umballa in search of the River, where they accidentally trespass in a farmer's garden. He curses them until he realizes that the lama is a holy man. Kim is angry at the farmer's abuses, but the lama teaches him not to be judgmental.

Discuss the reasons you think the lama told Kim he is angry because Kim is being judgmental. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Kim is put under watch of a drummer boy, who, having been born and raised in England, holds Kim and everything having to do with India in contempt, and subjects Kim to verbal and physical abuses.

Discuss prejudice and the way it relates to Kim’s life and the life of the people of India in the late 1800’s. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think Kim would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think Kim fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

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