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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before leaving Dravot and Carnehan alone, the narrator told them to leave by what time?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

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

3. The narrator states that Carnehan no more knew where his next meal was coming from, than what type of animal did?
(a) A snake.
(b) A crow.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) An alligator.

4. Carnehan and Dravot drew up a contract revolving around what item?
(a) Opium.
(b) Hashish.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Tobacco.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object of Dravot's was filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?

2. The narrator suggested that Carnehan and Dravot take what action before they enacting their plan?

3. Carnehan tells the narrator that he and Dravot had seen what sign of life within the newspaper office?

4. The narrator states on the first page of the story that he feared that his "King" (3) had met what fate?

5. How many men stood in the narrator's way when he moved to leave the newspaper office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Existential viewpoint set forth in the epigraph?

2. To whom does the title of the story refer and why?

3. What is the man's plan once the narrator has agreed to deliver his message?

4. Give an example of Kipling's use of physical space to create humor.

5. Give an example of a simile Kipling uses in order to indicate the physical state of Carnehan upon his return from Kafiristan.

6. In what way does the Loafer describe the man to whom he wants a message delivered?

7. Between what two locations is the narrator traveling at the start of the story and at what location does another passenger enter his car?

8. In what way does the theme of ambition arise within the scene in the newspaper office when the narrator, Carnehan, and Dravot meet together?

9. Compare and contrast the narrator with the "huge" (3) man who joins him along the first leg of his journey.

10. At what object has the narrator been looking when Carnehan reminds him to maintain eye contact?

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