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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 job did Carnehan have when he dated the Bengali woman?
(a) A chimney sweep.
(b) A banker.
(c) A plate-layer.
(d) A brick-layer.

2. What word did Carnehan use to describe the noise made by the ten men armed with bows and arrows running to meet the twenty men armed with bows and arrows?
(a) Clamor.
(b) Row.
(c) Din.
(d) Ruckus.

3. When Dravot went to a nearby village about a dispute, how many dead people did he find?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

4. How many Martinis was Carnehan able to acquire during his journey?
(a) 73.
(b) More than 100.
(c) 600.
(d) More than 1,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Billy Fish said that there were which two kinds of creatures in the mountains?

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

3. Dravot instructed what type of person from each village to guard the stone idols in the wood?

4. After Carnehan and Dravot had killed and eaten their second set of animals, they sat upon boxes to play what game?

5. The priest told Carnehan that his future bride was feeling what emotion prior to the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What eventuality does Dravot see ahead of him when his kingdom becomes an empire?

2. What does Dravot say to Carnehan that hurts Carnehan's feelings terribly?

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

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

5. Who are the members of Dravot's Privy Council and his Council of War?

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

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

8. What happens when a Chief from a neighboring community approaches Dravot's new kingdom?

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

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

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