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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. What object did Dravot use as a gavel?
(a) A coconut.
(b) The butt of his gun.
(c) His foot.
(d) His fist.

2. When two men approached Dravot and Carnehan, how many mules did the men have with them?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

3. What word did Carnehan use to describe the noise made by the ten men armed with bows and arrows running to meet the twenty men armed with bows and arrows?
(a) Clamor.
(b) Din.
(c) Row.
(d) Ruckus.

4. Dravot engaged in one particular activity for what fraction of the night before he was to be married?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 5/8.
(d) 1/4.

5. When Carnehan described Dravot's voice as being "as loud as a braying donkey" (46), about what subject had Dravot been talking?
(a) His position as a Freemason.
(b) His first kiss.
(c) His future wife.
(d) His children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the dirt covering the mark on the stone of Imbra?

2. Which native chief remained loyal to Carnehan and Dravot after their escape?

3. What action did Carnehan and Dravot take after they had chosen the best 20 of their new subjects?

4. How many "big stone idols" (29) were located in the wood to which Carnehan and Dravot were led by their new subjects?

5. The first man Dravot shot dead was located how far away from him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do crowns symbolize in part of the story when they first appear?

2. In what way does Dravot cement his status as a person of authority when he is brought to the stone of Imbra?

3. What happens when the suspicious priest in Kafiristan brushes the dirt off of the stone of Imbra?

4. Discuss an instance when Kipling uses a simile to indicate a character's emotional status.

5. What does the first set of disguises worn by Carnehan and Dravot symbolize?

6. What eventuality does Dravot see ahead of him when his kingdom becomes an empire?

7. What comparisons does Carnehan make between mountains and goats and what effect does the comparison have on the reader?

8. What sorts of disguises do Carnehan and Dravot don in order to make it safely to Kafiristan?

9. What offer does Dravot make to the Chief who visits Dravot's kingdom?

10. In what way does the theme of racial prejudice emerge within the formation of Dravot's kingdom?

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