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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dravot engaged in what activity for part of the night before he was to be married?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Eating.
(d) Walking.

2. What color was the dirt covering the mark on the stone of Imbra?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

3. What word did the narrator use to refer to Carnehan when saying that he was worried that interrupting Carnehan might cause him to lose his place in the story?
(a) Cripple.
(b) Creature.
(c) Thief.
(d) Goblin.

4. Dravot instructed his new subjects to take what action in relation to "the land" (31)?
(a) Dig.
(b) Treasure.
(c) Mine.
(d) Worship.

5. What is something Carnehan did NOT tell the narrator about the goats in Kafiristan?
(a) They fetch a good price.
(b) They are always fighting.
(c) They never keep still.
(d) They do not allow for sleep.

6. Dravot instructed what type of person from each village to guard the stone idols in the wood?
(a) A priest.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A magistrate.
(d) A shaman.

7. Carnehan told the narrator that which person had been responsible for stopping "the last Afghan raid" (45)?
(a) Carnehan.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Billy Fish.
(d) Dravot.

8. What type of literary device is Rudyard Kipling uses in the phrase "as loud as a braying donkey" (46)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Simile.

9. What type of drink did the narrator offer to Carnehan when Carnehan's mind seemed to be slipping?
(a) Wine.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Whiskey.

10. Carnehan realized that the man he and Dravot called Billy Fish was part of what organization?
(a) The Business.
(b) The One.
(c) The Cell.
(d) The Craft.

11. Dravot told Carnehan that he planned to give a particular object to what monarch?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) King James.
(d) Queen Alexandria.

12. When Dravot went to a nearby village about a dispute, how many dead people did he find?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

13. What type of object was a "hand-made Martini" (39)?
(a) A gun.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A drink.
(d) A knife.

14. Carnehan and Dravot turned off before Jagdallak because they heard what items there were "good" (26)?
(a) The arts of war.
(b) The women.
(c) The water quality.
(d) The roads.

15. What actions did Carnehan warn Dravot against taking for fear of causing an avalanche?
(a) Talking and whispering.
(b) Screaming and singing.
(c) Singing and whistling.
(d) Singing and yelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When two men approached Dravot and Carnehan, how many mules did the men have with them?

2. What types of trees made up the wood to which Carnehan and Dravot were led by their new subjects?

3. What children’s toy did Carnehan often compare to Dravot’s arm movements?

4. In the end, how many men capable of drilling with weapons did Carnehan's training produce?

5. What was NOT a quality Dravot recommended Carnehan seek out in a woman?

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