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

2. Carnehan said that he and Dravot were frightened of nothing but what?
(a) Women.
(b) Knives.
(c) Drink.
(d) Cannons.

3. The narrator offered Dravot and Carnehan what type of help if they would postpone their journey?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Work.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

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

5. Dravot told the narrator that he and Carnehan had been planning to become kings for what period of time?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator told Carnehan on the train that he should not engage in what type of crime within the next few days?

3. What was NOT among the elements the narrator named among the promises made to him in relation to the "reversion of a Kingdom" (3)?

4. What was the name of the kingdom on which Darvot and Carnehan set their sights?

5. In what section of the train was the narrator traveling?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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