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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 action did Carnehan and Dravot take after they had chosen the best 20 of their new subjects?
(a) They taught them how to click off a rifle.
(b) They taught them to advance in line.
(c) They taught them to clean their rifles.
(d) They taught them to form fours.

2. Carnehan went into what type of country to acquire "hand-made Martinis" (39)?
(a) Ghorband.
(b) Frontier.
(c) Hilly.
(d) Kafiristanian.

3. Dravot said that which person had been responsible for stopping "the last Afghan raid" (45)?
(a) Carnehan.
(b) Billy Fish.
(c) Dravot.
(d) The narrator.

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

5. What color was Dravot's beard, according to Carnehan?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What children’s toy did Carnehan often compare to Dravot’s arm movements?

2. When two men approached Dravot and Carnehan, how many mules did the men have with them?

3. How many priests did Dravot have in his Privy Council?

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

5. What actions did Carnehan warn Dravot against taking for fear of causing an avalanche?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the suspicious priest in Kafiristan brushes the dirt off of the stone of Imbra?

2. The pine wood that serves as a religious location for the people of Kafiristan contains what religious structures?

3. What offer does Dravot make to the Chief who visits Dravot's kingdom?

4. What sorts of names do Dravot and Carnehan call many of their new subjects and why?

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

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

7. What sorts of disguises do Carnehan and Dravot don in order to make it safely to Kafiristan?

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

9. Discuss an instance when Kipling uses a simile to indicate a character's emotional status.

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

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