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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator's acquaintance within the train car had how many "annas" (4) to spend?
(a) 100.
(b) 20.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

2. What was NOT something mentioned by the narrator in his list of items that could be bought in the Kumharsen Serai?
(a) Persian cats.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Spurs.
(d) Ponies.

3. What object of Dravot's was filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?
(a) His stein.
(b) His luggage.
(c) His ego.
(d) His beard.

4. Darvot and Carnehan said that they had set their sights on a kingdom within what country?
(a) Iran.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Persia.

5. Carnehan said that he and Dravot were frightened of nothing but what?
(a) Women.
(b) Cannons.
(c) Knives.
(d) Drink.

6. The narrator noticed that Carnehan was feeling what emotion when presenting the contract for the narrator's perusal?
(a) Pride.
(b) Humility.
(c) Trepidation.
(d) Anticipation.

7. What did Carnehan and Dravot promise to avoid in the pursuit of their kingdom?
(a) Women and government spies.
(b) Liquor and gambling.
(c) Liquor and women.
(d) Gambling and revealing their identities.

8. What was the coldest temperature the newspaper office ever reached, according to the narrator?
(a) 100 degrees.
(b) 72 degrees.
(c) 84 degrees.
(d) 91 degrees.

9. Dravot told the narrator that he and Carnehan had been planning to become kings for what period of time?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 months.

10. The narrator was on a train leaving from what location?
(a) Ajmir.
(b) Bombay.
(c) Delhi.
(d) Mumbai.

11. What type of people were described as using the "Grand Trunk Road" (11)?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Ruffians.
(d) Kings.

12. What kind of water did the Intermediate travelers drink?
(a) Roadside.
(b) Potable.
(c) Contaminated.
(d) Brackish.

13. What did the narrator do while Dravot and Carnehan pored over the materials he had provided?
(a) He read.
(b) He cleaned his gun.
(c) He drew.
(d) He smoked.

14. What did Carnehan initially ask of the narrator?
(a) To meet him again.
(b) To deliver a message.
(c) To keep his whereabouts a secret.
(d) To impersonate him.

15. Most of the newspaper was what, according to the narrator?
(a) Lies.
(b) In Sanskrit.
(c) Blank.
(d) In English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective did the narrator use to describe the "Contract" (18) presented to him by Dravot and Carnehan?

2. What was NOT an object perused by Darvot and Carnehan after the narrator provided it?

3. The narrator was alone in his section of the train until the train reached 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. Carnehan and Dravot drew up a contract revolving around what item?

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