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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 does the old man want to see before he dies?

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

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

4. What does Kim hold as he is belly-crawling towards the mess tent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Kulu?

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

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

6. When and where does Kim take place?

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

8. Why is the lama travelling alone?

9. What is the Grand Trunk Road?

10. What does the lama lecture the soldier about and how does the soldier point out an inconsistency in the lama?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Kim, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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

Since he was a young child, Kim had been told by his guardian that his father, a former soldier, had said that a red bull in a green field would be Kim's salvation.

Research the term narrative contrivance and explain why Kim seeing the red bull flag is or is not a narrative contrivance. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

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