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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the only ones attending the service in "Eddi's Service"?
(a) Ox and donkeys.
(b) Young children.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Women.

2. Why should people not give advice to others according to Kipling in "The Comforters"?
(a) If they are mad at them.
(b) If they want the person to learn from their mistakes.
(c) If they think they are better than the other person.
(d) If they have not been in the same position.

3. What is Christ willing to let his children do in "The Return of the Children"?
(a) Worship him.
(b) Make their own decisions.
(c) Worship other gods.
(d) Eat sugar and honey.

4. What does the man in "The Dying Chauffeur" compare his heart to?
(a) A left-handed cylinder.
(b) A tranmission box.
(c) A righ-handed cylinder.
(d) A gear box

5. What does Kipling advise his reader not to do in "The Comforters"?
(a) Give advice about love.
(b) Give advice about money.
(c) Give advice when they are drunk.
(d) Give advice when they have never been in that situation.

6. How many types of animals are there in "Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals"?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

7. What is "Gertrude's Prayer" about?
(a) Things lost that can never be gotten back.
(b) Thing that cannot be bought.
(c) Things that must be ignored.
(d) Things that make people happy.

8. What does Kipling say should be the goal of people reading "Verses from Land and Sea Tales" ?
(a) Being fit in mind and body.
(b) Being rich.
(c) Being a soldier.
(d) Being powerful.

9. What does Tubal believe in doing in "Jubal and Tubal Cain"?
(a) Staying out of the affairs of the world.
(b) Following its leader blindly.
(c) Taking action to help right the wrongs.
(d) Preaching about the evils of earth.

10. What does Jubal believe in doing in "Jubal and Tubal Cain"?
(a) Taking action to help right the wrongs.
(b) Following its leader blindly.
(c) Preaching about the evils of earth.
(d) Staying out of the affair of the world.

11. What is "Four-feet" about?
(a) A dog.
(b) A horse.
(c) A goat.
(d) A cat.

12. Whose fall does "The Four Angels" speak about?
(a) Mark's.
(b) Eve's.
(c) Adam's.
(d) John's.

13. What river does "The River's Tale" talk about?
(a) The Rhone.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The Seine.
(d) The Thames.

14. What do men in the service lose according to "The Service Man"?
(a) Their fear.
(b) Their personality.
(c) Their individuality.
(d) Their love of God.

15. Whose trial is described in "Gallio's Song"?
(a) Ronald's.
(b) Paul's.
(c) Joseph's.
(d) Mark's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps the king realize that he has the best job in the world in "The King's Job"?

2. What does the woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" want to do?

3. Who does Kipling ask for respect for in "The Cure"?

4. How would the man in "A Smuggler's Song" answer any questions asked to him by the other character?

5. What does the man in "Back to the Army Again" pretend not to have in order to get off the streets?

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