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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator stated that the Intermediate section of the train had no what?
(a) Food.
(b) Music.
(c) Restrooms.
(d) Cushions.

2. Darvot and Carnehan said that they had set their sights on a kingdom within what country?
(a) Persia.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Iran.
(d) Afghanistan.

3. Dravot told the narrator that he and Carnehan had been planning to become kings for what period of time?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

4. What kind of night was it on the evening when the narrator met Carnehan and Dravot for the second time?
(a) Moonlit.
(b) Warm.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Cool.

5. Carnehan tells the narrator that he and Dravot had seen what sign of life within the newspaper office?
(a) A flash.
(b) A fire.
(c) A light.
(d) A shadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dravot said that it was not worth getting to know the names of what?

2. What kind of water did the Intermediate travelers drink?

3. What was the name of the kingdom on which Darvot and Carnehan set their sights?

4. Between what two parties had the contract been formed before the narrator perused it?

5. Before leaving Dravot and Carnehan alone, the narrator told them to leave by what time?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what setting does the opening scene of the narrator's story occur?

2. What is ironic about Dravot and Carnehan's choice to escape a particular aspect of society by going elsewhere?

3. How does the theme of appearance versus reality enter the narrative within Carnehan's return?

4. In what way does the theme of motherhood and family arise within the conversation between the narrator and the other man?

5. Give an example of a simile Kipling uses in order to indicate the physical state of Carnehan upon his return from Kafiristan.

6. Compare and contrast the narrator with the "huge" (3) man who joins him along the first leg of his journey.

7. What is the narrator's reward for delivering the requested message?

8. What aspect of society are Dravot and Carnehan hoping to escape by traveling to distant lands?

9. To whom does the title of the story refer and why?

10. The man asks the narrator to "come out of Central India in time to catch" (5) his friend in what location?

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