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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 the man under hot pursuit?

2. Of what does Kim's visitor try to convince Kim?

3. Of what does Kim's friend Ali say Kim should take advantage?

4. Who is under hot pursuit?

5. What is a Sahib?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kim learn from Sahib and his servant boy?

2. Where is Kim sent at the beginning of Chapter 9 per Colonel Creighton's orders?

3. How does Kim spend his next summer and then the Christmas holiday after that?

4. How does Mookerjee trick the Russian and French spies?

5. How does one of the spies ruin the lama's drawing of the Wheel?

6. Who is set over to watch Kim, and how does the boy act?

7. What does Colonel Creighton do while taking Kim to St. Xavier's and what is the Colonel's plan for Kim?

8. What is the lama's feelings about his reaction to his ripped artwork?

9. Who is Lurgan Sahib?

10. Where does Mookerjee take Kim, and what does the man give Kim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes Kim interesting. Discuss the following:

Thoroughly discuss and analyze Kim. What are his strengths and weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the same criteria to thoroughly discuss and analyze Ali and Mookerjee.

Essay Topic 2

An epiphany occurs when a Russian spy rips the lama's Wheel of Life from his hands, which incites the lama to violence.

Explain what is meant by the word epiphany in the above sentence and how that epiphany affects the lama’s life. Use examples from Kim to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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