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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. Where does the Hindu money-lender keep his account-book?

2. What does the lama call the railway station as he looks at its layout?

3. What does Kim "prophesy" to the Chaplains?

4. With whom does the money-lender say train passengers sit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the lama do when he and Kim enter the railway station?

3. Who is Kulu?

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

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

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

7. Why is Kim known to his friends as Friend of All the World?

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

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

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

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Rudyard Kipling. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Kipling's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Kipling's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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