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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the character in "The Widower" look forward to?
(a) See the Queen.
(b) See his mother.
(c) Having a child.
(d) Joining his love in heaven.

2. What is "London Stone" about?
(a) The process of making a stone statue.
(b) The process of declaring war.
(c) The process of birth.
(d) The process of grieving.

3. What does the man in "Back to the Army Again" pretend not to have in order to get off the streets?
(a) Military experience.
(b) Money.
(c) His military ID paper.
(d) Diplomas.

4. Where does the woman in "Old Mother Laidinwool" return to as it gets cold and dark?
(a) To her mother's home.
(b) To her grave.
(c) To the convent.
(d) To her husband.

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

6. What does Kipling think people are giving themselves by getting a dog, according to "The Power of the Dog"?
(a) More happiness.
(b) More work.
(c) More grief.
(d) More expenses.

7. Who does Dinah wait for in "Dinah in Heaven"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her man.

8. Why does the man in "Half-Ballade of Watervale" understand them?
(a) He was captured during the war.
(b) He was once a political prisoner.
(c) His brother was a prisoner.
(d) He escaped from prison.

9. What happens when St. Peter see Dinah react to the arrival of the person she was waiting for in "Dinah in Heaven"?
(a) Both are accepted in heaven.
(b) They are both sent back to earth.
(c) Dinah is sent to hell.
(d) Both are sent to hell.

10. What are the people in "Poor Honest Men because they are different?
(a) Christian.
(b) Persecuted.
(c) Misunderstood.
(d) Poor.

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

12. How would the man in "A Smuggler's Song" answer any questions asked to him by the other character?
(a) By telling the trust.
(b) By living.
(c) With spite.
(d) With lies.

13. What does Kipling say man believes in "The Rabbi's Song"?
(a) That God does not exist.
(b) That God ignores him.
(c) That he is being controlled by God.
(d) That he is unworthy to have a close relationship with God.

14. What does Kipling say can bring memories in "Lichtenberg"?
(a) A pen.
(b) A breeze.
(c) A person.
(d) A smell.

15. What was Queen Mary according to Kipling in "The Looking-Glass"?
(a) Attractive and happy.
(b) Attractive, but unlucky and lonely.
(c) Ugly and unhappy.
(d) Ugly, but happy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "Gertrude's Prayer" about?

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

4. What is the man in "Shillin' a Day" no longer able to do?

5. How many types of animals are there in "Parade-Song of the Camp-Animals"?

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