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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what does Kim upbraid the ticket clerk?

3. What animal does Kim say the constable's father-in-law is?

4. What does the farmer call Kim and the lama?

5. What do the natives call the Lahore Museum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kim come upon while resting along the Grand Trunk Road?

2. What important news does Kim overhear as he lies in the bushes after delivering his message?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is the cultivator and his wife going to Umballa and what do they offer to Kim and the Lama?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not? Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Kim help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Kim? Why or why not. Use examples from Kim and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Kim. Trace and analyze one major theme of Kim. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Kim is put under watch of a drummer boy, who, having been born and raised in England, holds Kim and everything having to do with India in contempt, and subjects Kim to verbal and physical abuses.

Discuss prejudice and the way it relates to Kim’s life and the life of the people of India in the late 1800’s. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

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