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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who can shoot after you cannot see?

2. What does Abdullah do to the guineas that Hemingway shoots down to make them legal to eat?

3. What do the poor people that travelling westward wear?

4. What is the biggest hazard for Hemingway when shooting large animals?

5. What task is Karl given to make him feel better?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Hemingway give for tracking the lion?

2. When are Pop and Mama introduced?

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

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

5. Why does the author shoot his oryx without first consulting Karl?

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

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

8. How is the author surprised by the original wounded buffalo?

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

10. How does the author initially react to seeing the new hunting country Droopy guides them to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hemingway talks about living in Africa. Discuss his motivations. Why would he want to live there? What could stop him from living there successfully?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hemingway depict the natives in the book? How does today's society view Hemingway's depiction of the natives? Do you think his portrayal is accurate?

Essay Topic 3

Who does Hemingway suggest has influenced his life? What writers does he mention and why? What standing did Hemingway have in the Thirties as a writer?

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