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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. Carnehan stated that dealings with women in foreign lands are always what?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Fun.
(c) Distressing.
(d) Risky.

2. What type of object was a "hand-made Martini" (39)?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A drink.

3. Dravot remarked that the people of Kafiristan would be English if they had what two things?
(a) Weapons and the skills to use the weapons.
(b) Money and class.
(c) Housing and transportation.
(d) Fame and fortune.

4. In the end, how many men capable of drilling with weapons did Carnehan's training produce?
(a) 300.
(b) 500.
(c) 200.
(d) 1,000.

5. What was NOT a quality Dravot recommended Carnehan seek out in a woman?
(a) Nice.
(b) Wise.
(c) Plump.
(d) Strapping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before what season did Dravot say he wanted to acquire a particular object?

2. Dravot told Carnehan that he planned to give a particular object to what monarch?

3. How many men were in Dravot's Council of War?

4. Carnehan and Dravot turned off before Jagdallak because they heard what items there were "good" (26)?

5. The first man Dravot shot dead was located how far away from him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Dravot cites what type of evidence when declaring that the people of Kafiristan are actually "English" (40)?

2. In what way do Carnehan and Dravot begin their rise to power?

3. What types of animals do Carnehan and Dravot kill and eat when they run out of food in the mountains?

4. What similarities do Dravot and Carnehan see between themselves and the native peoples of Kafiristan?

5. How does Dravot expand his power after becoming king in only one village?

6. What do crowns symbolize in part of the story when they first appear?

7. What comparisons does Carnehan make between mountains and goats and what effect does the comparison have on the reader?

8. What is ironic about the people's hesitance to wed their daughters to Dravot?

9. How does Carnehan use the second-person point of view to depict the harsh nature of the journey of Carnehan and Dravot as they travel through the mountains?

10. What argument does Carnehan make against Dravot's desire for a wife?

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