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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 sends Kim to Lurgan Sahib's home?

2. With whom do the British believe the regions on the northern border of British India are allying themselves?

3. At what is Sahib a master?

4. What types of games do Sahib and his servant play with Kim?

5. How does Huneefa disguise Kim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kim taken to see Huneefa when Kim is sixteen?

2. What artwork does the lama show Kim?

3. Who is Lurgan Sahib?

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

5. What does the lama think about Kim's transformation of E23?

6. How does Kim spend his next summer and then the Christmas holiday after that?

7. How does one of the spies ruin the lama's drawing of the Wheel?

8. Who is set over to watch Kim, and how does the boy act?

9. What does Mahbub Ali say to Kim when he comes to visit?

10. What does Kim learn from Sahib and his servant boy?

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

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 3

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Kim, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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