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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kim hold as he is belly-crawling towards the mess tent?
(a) A cross
(b) His birth certificate
(c) His father's letter
(d) His amulet

2. What does the farmer call the water that Kim calls a river?
(a) Canal-cut
(b) Stream
(c) Sewer lane
(d) Lake

3. Where does the Curator say is the River that is the Fountain of Wisdom where the arrow fell?
(a) It is a frozen river in the north of Russia
(b) Somewhere in the Amazon jungle
(c) The curator does not know where it is
(d) It is the Euphrates River

4. How had the money-lender suggested he and his wife travel?
(a) By cart along the road
(b) Walking along the coast
(c) He did not want to travel at all
(d) On the train

5. About what does Kim brag to the lama?
(a) That Kim is smarter than any man in India
(b) That Kim is more generous than any man in India
(c) That Kim will always have money
(d) That Kim is an excellent disciple for the lama

6. What does the Commander-in-Chief say an upcoming military action is?
(a) Punishment
(b) War
(c) Defensive posturing
(d) Justice

7. What does the lama do as he and Kim walk?
(a) Hums to himself
(b) Says his Rosary
(c) Sings and chants
(d) Tells parables

8. What had Kim's father scrawled on Kim's papers?
(a) This boy is a British citizen
(b) Look after the boy
(c) This boy's parents are both British
(d) This boy's grandfather is a British Lord

9. Of whom does the lama take no notice on the train?
(a) The soldier
(b) The money-lender
(c) Kim
(d) Women

10. What does Kim call the Curator at the museum?
(a) Bwana
(b) Sahib
(c) Brother
(d) Protector

11. What does Kim "prophesy" to the Chaplains?
(a) Kim's ascendance to being a great spy
(b) War
(c) The end of British rule in India
(d) The beginning of a lasting peace

12. What do Kim and the lama encounter at the end of Chapter 2 as they are walking towards a stream?
(a) A cripple
(b) A battalion of British infantrymen
(c) A red bull
(d) A pack of dogs

13. What does the lama say he sometimes wonders about Kim?
(a) If Lord Krishna sent Kim to watch over the lama
(b) If Kim's father is watching over Kim
(c) If Kim has a greater destiny
(d) If Kim is a spirit or evil imp

14. What does Chaplain Bennett think of as the "Scarlet Woman"?
(a) The Church of England
(b) The native Indians who betray their country
(c) The Catholic Church of Ireland
(d) The camp follower's leader

15. What does the farmer call Kim and the lama?
(a) Holy men
(b) Scoundrels
(c) Travelers
(d) Beggars

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kim learn to avoid as he gets older?

2. What group is marching towards the field and singing?

3. Where does the Hindu money-lender keep his account-book?

4. Where is the novel set?

5. Where is the best schooling a Sahib boy can get in India?

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