Kim Quizzes

Kim Quiz One

1 What is the protagonist's full name in the story?
Mahbub Ali

Colonel Creighton

Kimball O'Hara

The Red Lama
2 In what city does the majority of the novel's action take place?
Lahore

Bombay

Delhi

Calcutta
3 What is the Great Game in the context of the novel?
A popular street game played by children

A traditional Indian dance

A geopolitical rivalry between empires

A secret society in British India
4 Who is Kim's British guardian in the novel?
Hurree Chunder Mookerjee

Colonel Creighton

Mahbub Ali

The Red Lama
5 What is the River of the Arrow in "Kim"?
A strategic military location

A famous market in Lahore

A secret code used by spies

A mythical river sought by the lama
6 What does the term "Little Friend of All the World" refer to in the novel?
A secret society

The Red Lama's spiritual title

Kim's nickname

A code used in espionage
7 What is the significance of the Red Bull on a Green Field?
A popular game played by children in Lahore

A traditional Indian symbol of good luck

The prophecy by Kim Sr. that reflects the image on his regiment's flag

A code used by spies in the Great Game
8 What is Mahbub Ali's profession?
Singer

Soldier

Street performer

Horse trader
9 What does Kim's ability to sleep with one eye open symbolize?
His insomnia

His spiritual enlightenment

His trust in his surroundings

His constant alertness
10 Who is the woman in the red-flowered kimono?
Kim's mother

Kim's aunt

The lama's disciple

A seductive figure
11 What is the "Great Trunk Road" in the novel?
A popular street in Lahore

A secret passage used by spies

The national anthem

A major trade route in British India
12 What is the primary setting of Kim's childhood?
The streets of Lahore

A Catholic school

An orphanage in Calcutta

A rural village in northern India
13 What is the significance of the term "Sahib" in the novel?
A North Indian food

A secret code used by spies

A term of respect for a European man

A traditional Indian dance
14 Who is the Babu?
A Bengali spy

A British Colonel

Kim's childhood friend

A street vendor in Lahore
15 What role does Mahbub Ali's white horse play in the novel?
A mystical companion on his spiritual journey

A symbol of status and wealth

A source of transportation for Kim

A code used in espionage
16 What is the lama's ultimate goal in his spiritual quest?
To master the art of disguise

To become a powerful leader

To accumulate wealth

To find the River of the Arrow
17 Who wrote Kim?
Henry Darger

Rudyard Kipling

Simone Weil

F. Scott Fitzgerald
18 In which century does the novel take place?
18th

19th

20th

17th
19 What is the primary language spoken in the novel?
Hindi

English

Bengali

Urdu
20 What is Kim's talent or skill that he uses to his advantage?
Conversing

Archery

Singing

Rifalry
21 Who raises Kim as a child?
Kim's aunt

A random woman in Lahore

Kim's grandmother

Kim's uncle
22 What is the profession of the woman that raised Kim?
She works at an opium den

Prostitute

Painter

Banker
23 What language other than English does Kim speak?
Bengali

Urdu

French

Sanskrit
24 What does the Wonder House refer to?
Kim's school

The Lahore Museum

Kim's orphanage

The opium den
25 Where is the lama on a journey to visit?
the Four Holy Sites of Buddhism

the Eighty Holy Sites of Buddhism

the Nine Holy Sites of Buddhism

the One Hundred Holy Sites of Buddhism

Kim

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1. In what way does Kim’s boyhood reflect the Hero pattern?

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The ordinary/mundane- Living a vagabond existence in India under British rule in the late 19th century, Kim earns his living by begging and running small errands on the streets of Lahore.

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Theme of the novel

Kim is a coming of age story, a boy's search for himself. It's an adventure story about a young, white Irish boy growing up in India. His skin is pale, but he lives like the natives....... he doesn't know who he is culturally or as an...

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