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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of literary device is Rudyard Kipling uses in the phrase "as loud as a braying donkey" (46)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Simile.

2. What type of object was a "hand-made Martini" (39)?
(a) A gun.
(b) A drink.
(c) A knife.
(d) A bicycle.

3. Dravot and Carnehan used the name "Billy Fish" (35) to refer to the Chief of what place?
(a) Bakti.
(b) Sashi.
(c) Lashmi.
(d) Bashkai.

4. At what object was the narrator looking when Carnehan instructed him to meet his gaze?
(a) Carnehan's hand.
(b) Carnehan's shoes.
(c) The narrator's watch.
(d) The clock in the room.

5. What is something Carnehan did NOT tell the narrator about the mountains in Kafiristan?
(a) They fetch a good price.
(b) They are always fighting.
(c) They never keep still.
(d) They do not allow for sleep.

6. One of the two men who approached Dravot and Carnehan pulled out what type of weapon in an attempt to rob the two friends?
(a) A knife.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A vial of poison.
(d) A pistol.

7. What was NOT a quality Dravot recommended Carnehan seek out in a woman?
(a) Plump.
(b) Strapping.
(c) Nice.
(d) Wise.

8. Dravot declared that the marriage of a king is a matter of what?
(a) State.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Taste.
(d) Politics.

9. Carnehan brought how many men carrying "turquoises" (39) along when he traveled to buy Martinis?
(a) 7.
(b) 16.
(c) 60.
(d) 6.

10. Dravot told Carnehan that before a particular season came, he wanted to acquire a what?
(a) A wife.
(b) A horse.
(c) An inheritance.
(d) A house.

11. Carnehan described the way in which the sun hit two parts of Dravot as blazing "like" (45) what?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Rubies.
(c) Hot coals.
(d) Bright stars.

12. In what type of material was Billy Fish wrapped for the occasion of Dravot's wedding?
(a) Silk.
(b) Burlap.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Fur.

13. What children’s toy did Carnehan often compare to Dravot’s arm movements?
(a) A train set.
(b) A jack-in-the-box.
(c) A jumprope.
(d) A whirligig.

14. What types of trees made up the wood to which Carnehan and Dravot were led by their new subjects?
(a) Madrona.
(b) Oak.
(c) Pine.
(d) Elm.

15. What word did Carnehan use to describe the type of people he and Dravot wanted to resemble after donning disguises?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Heathens.
(d) Indigenous.

Short Answer Questions

1. After disguising themselves, Carnehan and Dravot traveled into what type of country?

2. Of whom did Dravot ask for British politicians to be sent to Kafiristan?

3. What job did Carnehan have when he dated the Bengali woman?

4. What actions did Carnehan warn Dravot against taking for fear of causing an avalanche?

5. In the end, how many men capable of drilling with weapons did Carnehan's training produce?

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