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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 NOT an act named by Carnehan as being prohibited by the Indian government?
(a) Lifting a spade.
(b) Mining for gold.
(c) Chipping a rock.
(d) Looking for oil.

2. The men who stood in the narrator's way said they had been sleeping in what location?
(a) In a hostel.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a carriage.
(d) In a ditch.

3. On what did Carnehan want to spend his only remaining money?
(a) Tea.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Lunch.

4. What was NOT an object perused by Darvot and Carnehan after the narrator provided it?
(a) A map of India.
(b) A map of Kafiristan.
(c) An encyclopedia volume.
(d) A Frontier map.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective did the narrator use to describe Dravot and Carnehan's "adventure" (19) when warning them against it?

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

3. To what location was the narrator traveling?

4. The narrator offered Dravot and Carnehan what type of help if they would postpone their journey?

5. The narrator told Darvot and Carnehan that the country to which they were going was "a mass of mountains and peaks and" (16) what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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. To whom does the title of the story refer and why?

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

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

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