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

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

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

4. What objects of Carnehan's were filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?
(a) His scruples.
(b) His shoulders.
(c) His sideburns.
(d) His biceps.

5. The passenger who joined the narrator was said to have "an educated taste for" (4) what?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Women.
(c) Wine.
(d) Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between what two parties had the contract been formed before the narrator perused it?

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

3. The narrator told Dravot and Carnehan that no one really knew anything about their destination, but he did suggest that they read works by what author?

4. The men who stood in the narrator's way said they had been sleeping in what location?

5. What was NOT something mentioned by the narrator in his list of items that could be bought in the Kumharsen Serai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tenet of the "Contrack" (17) between Dravot and Carnehan focusing on vices??

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

3. With what weapons do Dravot and Carnehan arm themselves as they set out for Kafiristan?

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

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

6. The narrator states that "Native States were created by Providence" (8) for what three reasons?

7. In what two ways does the narrator describe a typical person belonging to the class of "Loafer" (4)?

8. The man asks the narrator to "come out of Central India in time to catch" (5) his friend in what location?

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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