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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. In the opening to Chapter 5, who does one of Kim and the lama's escorts say walk to and fro without reason?
(a) Fools and children
(b) The English and devils
(c) The English and their servants
(d) The young and stout hearted

2. How does the woman who looks after Kim insist he dress?
(a) She has no preference
(b) In military fashion
(c) In a European style
(d) In native Indian robes

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

4. What is Kim's nickname?
(a) Friend of All the World
(b) The Fox
(c) The Elephant
(d) Friend of All the Outcasts

5. Why is Kim given a four-anna silver piece by a soldier?
(a) For saving the man's life
(b) For bringing news of the imminent military action
(c) For work in the fields
(d) For asking the lama to give the man a blessing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kim say the lama always wants when the lama pulls out his beads?

2. How old is Kim at the opening to the novel?

3. With whom does the money-lender say train passengers sit?

4. What is the sole ornament that is on the table in the mess tent?

5. What is the lama seeking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the lama travelling alone?

2. What does Kim tell the priest who divines horoscopes about the hour of Kim's birth?

3. What is Kimball O'Hara's connection to the Red Bull?

4. What does Kim do when he sees the Red Bull, and what happens?

5. Who does Chaplain Bennett ask for help to question Kim, and what do they discover?

6. What is the significance to Kim of the Red Bull?

7. For what does the Buddhist lama Kim meets search?

8. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

9. What do Kim and the lama do at the end of Chapter 7?

10. Where does Kim first go when he gets the Lama situated for the night?

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