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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. Who does Kandisky look like a caricature of?
(a) Rilke.
(b) Babati.
(c) Benchley.
(d) Ringelnatz.

2. What type of knife is used to stick the reedbuck that Hemingway shoots?
(a) A sticking knife.
(b) A pen knife.
(c) A hunting knife.
(d) A skinning knife.

3. At what distance did Hemingway shoot the larger bull?
(a) Four hundred yards.
(b) Forty paces.
(c) Forty yards.
(d) Four hundred paces.

4. Why is Hemingway worried about the 17th February?
(a) No hunting is allowed after that date.
(b) That is when he finds out if his wife is pregnant.
(c) It is the last safe date to leave.
(d) It is his mother's birthday.

5. Who finds the group of eight buffalo?
(a) Pop.
(b) M'Cola.
(c) The local guide.
(d) Droopy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Droopy do as a precaution before he goes to find the rhino?

2. What did the thorn tree with yellow blossoms mark?

3. What gives away their presence to the rhino?

4. What type of dog would the P.O.M. prefer to be?

5. What are they travelling away from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the author and Pop refuse their baths?

2. Why does the author have tension with M'cola?

3. What is Karl's mood when the party encounters him again?

4. What happens when Kandinsky visits Hemingway's camp?

5. How successful is their search?

6. What does Kandinsky say to Hemingway when he first meets him?

7. What are the author's thoughts about Charo at this stage?

8. How does the author compare M'cola and Droopy?

9. How does the Tolstoy book the author read affect him?

10. What effect does this camp in the hunt for kudu?

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