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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before leaving Dravot and Carnehan alone, the narrator told them not to take what action?
(a) Get discouraged.
(b) Fall asleep.
(c) Set the office on fire.
(d) Burn down the bar.

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

3. To what location was the narrator traveling?
(a) To the Gobi Desert.
(b) To the Mojave Desert.
(c) To the Sahara Desert.
(d) To the Indian Desert.

4. Once the narrator was joined by another train passenger, the passenger was described using what adjective?
(a) Huge.
(b) Dapper.
(c) Small.
(d) Smug.

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 red beard.
(b) A brown beard.
(c) A black beard.
(d) A blonde beard.

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

7. What is the meaning of the phrase, "kaa-pi chayha-yeh" (12)?
(a) Charity case.
(b) Help wanted.
(c) For sale.
(d) Copy wanted.

8. What adjective did the narrator use to describe Dravot and Carnehan's "adventure" (19) when warning them against it?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Foolhardy.
(d) Idiotic.

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

10. Dravot told the narrator that he and Carnehan were just "two" examples of what type of lunatic?
(a) Raving.
(b) Harmless.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Helpless.

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

12. Dravot said that it was not worth getting to know the names of what?
(a) The native plants.
(b) The current kings.
(c) The neighboring tribes.
(d) The native animals.

13. The narrator told Darvot and Carnehan that the country to which the two men were headed was full of what kind of people?
(a) Simpletons.
(b) Brutes.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Savages.

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

15. The narrator agreed to take what action at Marwar Junction?
(a) To deliver a message.
(b) To buy a transfer ticket.
(c) To get off the train.
(d) To buy dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what object did Carnehan and Dravot sit within the newspaper office?

2. What was NOT an act named by Carnehan as being prohibited by the Indian government?

3. What objects of Carnehan's were filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?

4. Just before the narrator leaves Dravot and Carnehan alone, he noticed them writing what sorts of things on the back of the contract?

5. At what time of the morning did the narrator take his leave of Dravot and Carnehan?

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