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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. With what does the lama threaten one of the spies?

2. How does Kim's watchdog view India?

3. Where did Kim first encounter Colonel Creighton?

4. What does Kim get the spies' servants to believe?

5. For whom does Mookerjee say he is an emissary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kim help a Punjabi farmer when Kim is disguised as a Buddhist monk?

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

3. What does the lama say is ostensibly his reason for paying for Kim's schooling?

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

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

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

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

8. Who has Mookerjee been stalking?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

Compare/contrast the characters of Kim and the lama. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Mookerjee and Ali. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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