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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. What is the lama seeking?

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

3. What does the angry farmer brandish at Kim and the lama at the opening to Chapter 3?

4. What is the time frame of the setting?

5. What does the lama think Kim should do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why do the two clergymen not allow Kim to go back and serve the lama?

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

9. What does the lama believe about the Holy River?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel and why Kim is or is not a successful novel based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think Kim would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think Kim fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

During their journey, the lama preaches to the soldier the virtues of maintaining detachment from worldly items, emotions, and actions in order to attain Enlightenment.

Discuss the idea of detachment as the lama explains it to Kim. How does the lama relate detachment to enlightenment when he talks to Kim about them? Use examples from Kim to support your response.

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