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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. How many men stood in the narrator's way when he moved to leave the newspaper office?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. Just before the narrator leaves Dravot and Carnehan alone, he noticed them writing what sorts of things on the back of the contract?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Figures.
(c) Notes.
(d) Spells.

3. What was NOT an element described by the narrator as a benefit of "Native States" (8)?
(a) Submissive wives.
(b) Picturesque scenery.
(c) Tall tales.
(d) Tigers.

4. What did the narrator do while Dravot and Carnehan pored over the materials he had provided?
(a) He smoked.
(b) He drew.
(c) He cleaned his gun.
(d) He read.

5. What was NOT among the elements the narrator named among the promises made to him in relation to the "reversion of a Kingdom" (3)?
(a) Revenue.
(b) Law-courts.
(c) Economy.
(d) Policy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carnehan and Dravot promise to avoid in the pursuit of their kingdom?

2. On what did Carnehan want to spend his only remaining money?

3. The narrator was alone in his section of the train until the train reached what location?

4. The narrator states that Carnehan no more knew where his next meal was coming from, than what type of animal did?

5. What kind of night was it on the evening when the narrator met Carnehan and Dravot for the second time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does the theme of motherhood and family arise within the conversation between the narrator and the other man?

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

4. In what setting does the opening scene of the narrator's story occur?

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

6. What aspect of society are Dravot and Carnehan hoping to escape by traveling to distant lands?

7. How does the theme of appearance versus reality enter the narrative within Carnehan's return?

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

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

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

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