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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men in "Wilful-missings" have no desire to return to?
(a) Their country.
(b) Their wives.
(c) The battlefield.
(d) Their old life.

2. What is the man in "Half-Ballade of Watervale" in charge of?
(a) Managing the release of prisoners.
(b) Cooking for prisoners.
(c) Guarding prisoners.
(d) Loading prisoners.

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

4. Where does the British soldier in "Mandalay" meet the woman he love?
(a) In England.
(b) On the boat to Burma.
(c) By the Moulmein Pagoda.
(d) In France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose fall does "The Four Angels" speak about?

2. What does "The Married Man" point out the difference between?

3. What does Jubal believe in doing in "Jubal and Tubal Cain"?

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

5. Where does the British soldier in "Mandalay" want to return to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes more grief in "The Power of the Dog"?

2. What does a smuggler tell his wife in "A Smuggler's Song"?

3. What is "Gallio's Song" based on?

4. What pain does "The Burden" express?

5. What does the chauffeur talk about in "The Dying Chauffeur"?

6. What does Kipling note about power in "The Press"?

7. What happens to Dinah in "Dinah in Heaven"?

8. What does Kipling record in "Cain and Abel"?

9. What do bees threaten in "The Bee-Boy's Song"?

10. What is a man indicate in "Half-Ballade of Watervale"?

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