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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. How many priests did Dravot have in his Privy Council?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

2. At what time of day did Dravot entertain his fellow passengers with the caravan?
(a) Morning.
(b) Night.
(c) Noon.
(d) Evening.

3. What happened to the animals on which Carnehan and Dravot had originally begun their journey?
(a) Wolves killed and ate them.
(b) Robbers killed and ate them.
(c) Carnehan and Dravot killed and ate them.
(d) Lions killed and ate them.

4. Dravot said that which person had been responsible for stopping "the last Afghan raid" (45)?
(a) Dravot.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Billy Fish.
(d) Carnehan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men were in Dravot's Council of War?

2. What type of literary device is Rudyard Kipling uses in the phrase "as loud as a braying donkey" (46)?

3. For what purpose did all of the chiefs come to see Carnehan and Dravot after they had been deemed to be two gods?

4. What children’s toy did Carnehan often compare to Dravot’s arm movements?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the members of Dravot's Privy Council and his Council of War?

2. How does Carnehan use the second-person point of view to depict the harsh nature of the journey of Carnehan and Dravot as they travel through the mountains?

3. What types of animals do Carnehan and Dravot kill and eat when they run out of food in the mountains?

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

5. What two items does Dravot name as the things the people of Kafiristan need in order to fulfill their fated English identities?

6. How does Dravot expand his power after becoming king in only one village?

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

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

9. The pine wood that serves as a religious location for the people of Kafiristan contains what religious structures?

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

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