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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of trees made up the wood to which Carnehan and Dravot were led by their new subjects?
(a) Madrona.
(b) Elm.
(c) Oak.
(d) Pine.

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

3. At what object was the narrator looking when Carnehan instructed him to meet his gaze?
(a) Carnehan's shoes.
(b) Carnehan's hand.
(c) The clock in the room.
(d) The narrator's watch.

4. The priest told Carnehan that his future bride was feeling what emotion prior to the wedding?
(a) Fear.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Shyness.

5. After disguising themselves, Carnehan and Dravot traveled into what type of country?
(a) A desert.
(b) Mountainous.
(c) Coastal.
(d) The plains.

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

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

8. The largest of the idols in the wood was known by what name?
(a) Embra.
(b) Ambra.
(c) Imbra.
(d) Umbra.

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

10. Dravot declared that the marriage of a king is a matter of what?
(a) State.
(b) Taste.
(c) Politics.
(d) Perspective.

11. Dravot remarked that the people of Kafiristan would be English if they had what two things?
(a) Money and class.
(b) Housing and transportation.
(c) Fame and fortune.
(d) Weapons and the skills to use the weapons.

12. Billy Fish said that there were which two kinds of creatures in the mountains?
(a) Gods and children.
(b) Devils and gods.
(c) Fools and merchants.
(d) Good and evil.

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

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

15. Dravot engaged in one particular activity for what fraction of the night before he was to be married?
(a) 5/8.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 3/4.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many British politicians did Dravot ask when he requested help in ruling Kafiristan?

2. Dravot instructed what type of person from each village to guard the stone idols in the wood?

3. Dravot told Carnehan that he planned to give a particular object to what monarch?

4. The "stone of Imbra" (37) was also what kind of practical object?

5. What was NOT an action taken by Dravot in an attempt to disguise himself?

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