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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator go after he disembarked from the train?
(a) A tea house.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A newspaper office.
(d) A saloon.

2. On what did Carnehan want to spend his only remaining money?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lunch.

3. What reason precipitated the narrator riding in a particular section on the train?
(a) A raise.
(b) A budget deficit.
(c) A bonus.
(d) A budget surplus.

4. The men who stood in the narrator's way said they had been sleeping in what location?
(a) In a hostel.
(b) In a carriage.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In a ditch.

5. When the narrator found the man to whom he had promised to deliver the message, what was the man's main identifying feature?
(a) A brown beard.
(b) A red beard.
(c) A black beard.
(d) A blonde beard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the phrase, "kaa-pi chayha-yeh" (12)?

2. The passenger who joined the narrator was said to have "an educated taste for" (4) what?

3. The narrator was on a train traveling to what location?

4. What was NOT among the elements the narrator named among the promises made to him in relation to the "reversion of a Kingdom" (3)?

5. What was the coldest temperature the newspaper office ever reached, according to the narrator?

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