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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 the farmer call Kim and the lama?

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

3. Of whom does the lama take no notice on the train?

4. What does the farmer call the water that Kim calls a river?

5. What is the occupation of an Amritzar woman sitting near the window on the train?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is said about Kim at the opening of the novel?

3. Who is Kulu?

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

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

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

7. Why is the cultivator and his wife going to Umballa and what do they offer to Kim and the Lama?

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

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

10. 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?

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

Characters are an important part of what makes Kim interesting. Discuss the following:

Thoroughly discuss and analyze Kim. What are his strengths and weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the same criteria to thoroughly discuss and analyze Ali and Mookerjee.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action-driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character-driven or action-driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Kim is? Explain your response.

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