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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 is one thing the woman in the opium den placed in a bag around Kim's neck?
(a) A charm made by a fakir
(b) A list of Kim's relatives in Holland
(c) Kim's father's birth certificate
(d) Kim's Baptismal certificate

2. Where does Chaplain Bennett think Kim should go immediately?
(a) Lompoc
(b) The Masonic Orphanage
(c) Ireland
(d) England

3. According to a proverb Kim quotes, when should one not talk to a white man?
(a) When he is practicing sword patterns
(b) When he is hungry
(c) When he is eying a woman
(d) When he is with his comrades

4. What comes out of the weeds by the canal bank?
(a) A mongoose
(b) A cobra
(c) A cow
(d) A swan

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the confirmation in Kim's mind of the prophesy after seeing one sign?

2. Of what does the constable try to convince Kim?

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

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

5. What does a man who was illegally collecting bridge taxes affix to the bridge to convince travelers of the veracity of the tax?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and where does Kim take place?

3. Why is the lama travelling alone?

4. Who comes by the home of the place where Kim and the lama are staying, and what ensues?

5. How does the farmer on the outskirts of Umballa first respond to Kim and the lama, and what changes the farmer's response?

6. How does Kim play a prank on his hosts that night in Umballa?

7. What is said about Kim at the opening of the novel?

8. What agreement does Kim make with the lama in Chapter 1?

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

10. How does Kim react to the farmer's curses, and what does the lama say to Kim about Kim's reaction?

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