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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. Into what does Kim transform one of the chain-men?

2. 138. Against what does the lama say Kim must guard?

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

4. What distresses Kim about the lama?

5. Where does Mookerjee take Kim?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is Kim sent at the beginning of Chapter 9 per Colonel Creighton's orders?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Kim get a letter off to Mahbub Ali?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Rudyard Kipling. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Kipling's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Kipling's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 2

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Kim. Trace and analyze one major theme of Kim. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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