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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. Who/what is E23?

2. Who comes to visit Kim?

3. Where does Kim go to see the lama?

4. Who is under hot pursuit?

5. What is one skill attributed to Sahib?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the lama's feelings about his reaction to his ripped artwork?

2. How do Kim and the lama react differently to being in the Northern lands?

3. What is the main purpose for the spies the British have recruited?

4. Where does Mookerjee take Kim, and what does the man give Kim?

5. Who is Lurgan Sahib?

6. What is Mookerjee's motivation in encountering the spies?

7. How does Mookerjee trick the Russian and French spies?

8. What crisis does Kim go through as he assumes the role of a spy?

9. What does the letter that Father Victor receives from the lama offer?

10. Who is Hurree Chunder Mookerjee and what is Mookerjee's response to observing Kim's training?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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