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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 is the lama discussing when Mookerjee happens upon him and Kim?

2. As what will Kim take up a position?

3. Who shows Kim a letter from the lama?

4. Why is the lama upset?

5. What does one of the spies demand of the lama?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Kim encounter on the train?

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

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

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

6. What does Colonel Creighton do while taking Kim to St. Xavier's and what is the Colonel's plan for Kim?

7. What unspoken agreement do Mahbub Ali and Kim reach when Kim travels with him during summer break from his first year in school?

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

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

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

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 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

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?

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