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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. Why is Kim given a four-anna silver piece by a soldier?

2. Why does Kim not run when he gets loose from Chaplain Bennett's grip?

3. To whom does the money lender say it is well to be kind?

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

5. For what does Kim upbraid the ticket clerk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the railway clerk try to cheat the lama concerning the lama's ticket to Umballa, and who helps keep the Lama from being cheated?

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

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

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

8. Why is the lama travelling alone?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kim, now completely alone and having been schooled as a Sahib but then thrust into the world in the guise of a Buddhist priest, begins to question what his identity is and where he belongs.

Discuss, in depth, why Kim might be having an identity crisis about who he is and where he fits into the world. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

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

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Kim. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Kipling chooses the symbols he does?

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