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

2. What did Carnehan and Dravot promise to avoid in the pursuit of their kingdom?
(a) Liquor and women.
(b) Gambling and revealing their identities.
(c) Liquor and gambling.
(d) Women and government spies.

3. How many months of the year did the narrator say newspaper offices are often empty?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Just before the narrator leaves Dravot and Carnehan alone, he noticed them writing what sorts of things on the back of the contract?

3. Darvot and Carnehan said that they had set their sights on a kingdom within what country?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does the narrator show altruistic feelings toward the man in the Intermediate car?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the narrator's reward for delivering the requested message?

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

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

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

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