View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator suggested that Carnehan and Dravot take what action before they enacting their plan?
(a) Eat.
(b) Draw up blueprints.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Learn how to shoot.

2. When the narrator found the man to whom he had promised to deliver the message, what was the man's main identifying feature?
(a) A red beard.
(b) A brown beard.
(c) A blonde beard.
(d) A black beard.

3. What time did Dravot and Carnehan name when they told the narrator they would see themselves out?
(a) 2 hours hence.
(b) 6 hours hence.
(c) 30 minutes hence.
(d) 4 hours hence.

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

5. Once the narrator was joined by another train passenger, the passenger was described using what adjective?
(a) Huge.
(b) Dapper.
(c) Small.
(d) Smug.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator offered Dravot and Carnehan what type of help if they would postpone their journey?

2. What did Carnehan and Dravot promise to avoid in the pursuit of their kingdom?

3. What was Carnehan's first name?

4. What was the Backwoodsman?

5. What object of Dravot's was filling "half the room" (15) in the newspaper office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tenet of the "Contrack" (17) between Dravot and Carnehan focusing on vices??

2. Provide a brief feminist analysis of the text up to this point.

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

4. What is the man's plan once the narrator has agreed to deliver his message?

5. Between what two locations is the narrator traveling at the start of the story and at what location does another passenger enter his car?

6. At what object has the narrator been looking when Carnehan reminds him to maintain eye contact?

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

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

9. The narrator states that "Native States were created by Providence" (8) for what three reasons?

10. With what weapons do Dravot and Carnehan arm themselves as they set out for Kafiristan?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,031 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample