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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. What was Dravot's first name?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Peter.
(c) Daniel.
(d) David.

2. Why did the narrator move from the office to the press-room?
(a) It was bigger.
(b) It was darker.
(c) It was brighter.
(d) It was cooler.

3. What time did Dravot and Carnehan name when they told the narrator they would see themselves out?
(a) 4 hours hence.
(b) 30 minutes hence.
(c) 2 hours hence.
(d) 6 hours hence.

4. The narrator states on the first page of the story that he feared that his "King" (3) had met what fate?
(a) He was deposed.
(b) He was executed.
(c) He was taken hostage.
(d) He was dead.

5. The narrator was alone in his section of the train until the train reached what location?
(a) Nasirabad.
(b) Jamali.
(c) Dera.
(d) Murad.

Short Answer Questions

1. The passenger who joined the narrator was said to have "an educated taste for" (4) what?

2. The narrator advised Carnehan and Dravot that no person of what type had ever been into the country where the two men were headed?

3. What did the narrator do while Dravot and Carnehan pored over the materials he had provided?

4. What was NOT an act named by Carnehan as being prohibited by the Indian government?

5. Where did the narrator go after he disembarked from the train?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.

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

7. What is ironic about Dravot and Carnehan's choice to escape a particular aspect of society by going elsewhere?

8. What evidence exists to suggest that the narrator has become stuck in a rut since his last meeting with Carnehan?

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

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

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