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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first animal they see in this country?
(a) Poor looking zebra.
(b) A group of Grant's gazelles.
(c) A flock of guinea fowl.
(d) Herds of Kudu cows.

2. What does Hemingway's tribe do with oryx horns?
(a) Gives them to the local charity.
(b) Gives them to their wealthiest friends.
(c) Sells them to the highest bidder.
(d) Trades them for supplies.

3. Why was Karl becoming so unhappy?
(a) The hunting party had forced him to go hunting for meat.
(b) He could not find any kudu bull to shoot.
(c) He missed his shot on the roan antelope.
(d) Hemingway was stealing his kudu bull.

4. The oryx are similar to what other animal?
(a) Masai donkeys.
(b) Swahili reed buck.
(c) Kalahari antelope.
(d) Grant's gazelles.

5. Why do animals on a plain feed differently from those in the woods?
(a) Food is more abundant in the woods.
(b) They cannot find shelter on a plain.
(c) They can see further.
(d) It is easier to hide in the woods.

6. Which town is like a German garrison?
(a) Cairo Cape.
(b) Pan-Yan.
(c) Steppes Masai.
(d) Kandoa-Irangi.

7. What is the issue they have with Karl's first kudu bull?
(a) He takes too many shots to kill it.
(b) It is not attractive.
(c) He won't let them take pictures of it.
(d) It is not big enough.

8. What is a Kidogo?
(a) A great kudu bull.
(b) The perfect one shot kill.
(c) A female kudu.
(d) The trail of blood left by a wounded animal.

9. What is the only difference between Galicia and Handeni?
(a) The buildings.
(b) The famine.
(c) The limestone outcropping.
(d) The camel flies.

10. What denotes extreme emotion in the Masai handshake?
(a) The pulling of the thumb.
(b) The pulling of the middle finger.
(c) The pulling of the index finger.
(d) The pulling of the pinkie finger.

11. Which name does the hunting party find irritating?
(a) Mama Tziggi.
(b) B'wana Fisi.
(c) B'wana Doktor.
(d) B'wana Simba.

12. What does Hemingway solemnly look at each morning?
(a) His wife's face.
(b) The Southern Cross.
(c) His own reflection.
(d) The rising sun.

13. Which tracker would Hemingway like to shoot in the behind?
(a) Kamau the Kikuyu.
(b) Abdullah.
(c) M'Cola.
(d) The uneducated Garrick.

14. Who is as accurate as an historian?
(a) A garbage picker.
(b) A well-inflated dog.
(c) A history student.
(d) Columbus.

15. How does Hemingway hand the Springfield to M'cola?
(a) It is thrown to him.
(b) Loaded with a round still in the chamber.
(c) He gives it to him boltless.
(d) With the safety off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a panga?

2. What is Hemingway's Valhalla?

3. What did Hemingway's lucky shot do to the oryx?

4. How does the larger kudu bull killed by Hemingway compare to Karl's?

5. What does the first kudu bull that Hemingway kills smell like?

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